- Peru central bank cut key interest rate 100 basis points to 3% source-bloomberg
Central banks moved this week
ECB keep the interest rate
4 June 2009 - Monetary policy decisions
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 1.00%, 1.75% and 0.25% respectively.
source-ECB
ECB Purchase programme for covered bonds
ECB Purchase programme for covered bonds
Following-up on its decision of 7 May 2009 to purchase euro-denominated covered bonds issued in the euro area, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided upon the technical modalities today. These modalities are as follows:
The purchases, for an amount of EUR 60 billion, will be distributed across the euro area and will be carried out by means of direct purchases.
The purchases will be conducted in both the primary and the secondary markets.
In order to be eligible for purchase under the programme, covered bonds must:
be eligible for use as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations;
comply with the criteria set out in Article 22(4) of the Directive on undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) or similar safeguards for non-UCITS-compliant covered bonds;
have, as a rule, an issue volume of about EUR 500 million or more and, in any case, not lower than EUR 100 million;
have, as a rule, been given a minimum rating of AA or equivalent by at least one of the major rating agencies (Fitch, Moody’s, S&P or DBRS) and, in any case, not lower than BBB-/Baa3; and
have underlying assets that include exposure to private and/or public entities.
The counterparties eligible to the purchase programme are those eligible for the Eurosystem’s credit operations, as well as euro area-based counterparties used by the Eurosystem for the investment of its euro denominated portfolios.
The purchases will start in July 2009 and are expected to be fully implemented by the end of June 2010 at the latest.
source-ECB
良い金利上昇か、悪い金利上昇か

- 健全な景気回復 55%
- デフレーション 25%
- スタグフレーション 10% と言ったところか。
Bundesbank President said

欧米金融機関、融資態度厳格
米国景気、行き過ぎた債務過剰が負担
欧州、長期金利上昇圧力高まる
ドイツ、新規国債発行額476億ユーロへ
Researchers say U.S.dollar overvalued
U.S.dollar rebound

政府、米の減反を見直しへ
ロシア、IMF債購入へ一番乗りか
GM,破産法手続きは時間との勝負
Bulgarian banking system sees no problems

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28000-28550 up in the early session, down lately.
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米半導体工業会が発表した4月の売上高は25%減。底を打った形ではあるが、本格的な需要回復は不透明な模様だ。 source - nikkei
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Covered bonds are highly rated bonds that are serviced with the payments made on a pool of credit assets, such as residential mortgages or p...
