ECONOMY

Emergency central bank funding to Greek banks unchanged in October

November 12, 2018 12.11.2018 • 18:01

Emergency central bank funding to Greek banks remained unchanged in October compared to the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Monday.

Emergency funding, which is more costly than borrowing from the European Central Bank, remained unchanged to 3.57 billion euros from 3.58 in the end of September, the data showed.

Greek banks have relied on emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) drawn from the central bank since February 2015 after being cut off from the ECB’s funding window due to stalled bailout talks between the government and its official creditors.

Their dependence on the ELA emergency lifeline declined sharply since June 2016 when the European Central Bank reinstated banks’ access to its cheap funding operations.

But with Athens out of its bailout program since August 21, the ECB has ended the waiver that made Greek government bonds eligible collateral for its cheap funding. [Reuters]

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