February 2024

23 February 2024

Monetary policy

Amended bank lending survey standard questionnaire

On 29 January 2024 the Governing Council approved amendments to the standard questionnaire used in the euro area bank lending survey (BLS). The Eurosystem regularly reviews this questionnaire, which has proven valuable for analysing bank lending conditions in the euro area since the BLS was introduced in 2003, to ensure the continued high quality, relevance and usefulness of the survey. The latest amendments have been kept to a minimum to limit any increase in the reporting burden of participating banks. The changes will be introduced for the survey’s April 2024 edition.

Market operations

Extension of liquidity lines until January 2025

On 29 January 2024 the ECB announced that the Governing Council had decided to prolong its repo lines with seven non-euro area central banks (Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Bank of Albania, Andorran Financial Authority, National Bank of the Republic of North…