As regards the secured segment of the money market , the three month EUREPO stood at Chart 9 Unsecured money market interest rates ( percentages per annum

Secured rates continued to be broadly stable , with the result that the spread between unsecured and secured rates was again determined mainly by the behaviour of unsecured rates .

Secured and unsecured money market interest rates declined across the entire maturity spectrum in 2009 .

As a consequence , the spread between the secured and unsecured money market rates broadly declined ( see Chart 10 ) .

The BoE adds in its press release that it will be ready to adopt further measures to maintain the rate of day by day interbanking loans in line with its basic rates.

The spread between unsecured and secured money market rates widened at all maturities with the exception of the very short term .

Chart 1 Cross country standard deviation of average unsecured interbank lending rates across euro area countries ( 61 day moving average

During that period unsecured money market rates increased markedly , particularly longer term rates . This development partly reflected increased money ECB Annual Report 2008 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Jan. Mar .

They have also emerged as a prime source of collateral in interbank lending .

2 ) Differential of three month interbank interest rates against weighted average of euro area interbank deposit bid rates , in percentage points .

Consequently , as of October 2008 unsecured rates declined again , falling to levels lower than those observed earlier in the year .

As a result of these developments , the spread between secured and unsecured money market rates gradually declined in the course of the year , albeit with some volatility .

The Eurosystem wishes , of course , to see a return to interbank lending and traditional intermediation activity by banks .

By contrast , secured interbank interest rates fell gradually from early August onwards , reflecting the downward revision of markets expectations regarding the future path of key ECB interest rates .

As a consequence , the spread between unsecured and secured rates at the three month horizon declined , but did not reach the low levels of January and February .

Cross border interbank loans and holdings of securities are another area in which we have seen significant progress .

The trend in private interbank markets towards secured lending has also augmented counterparties needs for collateral .

With the substantial increases seen in unsecured money market interest rates , the corresponding spread between unsecured and secured money market rates widened significantly , particularly at maturities of one month and longer ( see Chart 11 ) . These spreads remained at elevated levels in the final months of the year , with the spread between Chart 11 Three month EUREPO , EURIBOR and overnight interest swap ( percentages per annum

LIST OF CHARTS 1 ECB interest rates and money market rates 2 Main developments in major industrialised economies 3 Main developments in commodity markets 4 M3 and loans to the private sector 5 Main components of M3 6 MFI interest rates on short term deposits and a money market interest rate 7 Sectoral deposits 8 Counterparts of M3 9 Unsecured money market interest rates 10 Three month EUREPO , EURIBOR and OIS 16 23 30 31 32

This decline was particularly visible for loans with initial rate fixation periods of up to one year , the rates on which fell by 238 basis points , while the rates on loans with initial rate fixation periods of over ten years declined by 87 basis points .

More specifically , spreads between secured and unsecured money market rates declined considerably from their peaks in October 2008 , albeit remaining elevated by historical standards .

Unsecured market rates , especially for short maturities , rose sharply after the failure of Lehman Brothers as the effects of that default cascaded through the euro area banking system .

Lending between banks, as well as deposits placed by large corporations, increased spectacularly in the years leading up to the crisis.

What it shows is that banks in the United States have increased their equity from about 5.5 to about 7.5 , and have reduced their reliance on wholesale funding from 30 to 25 .

That steep decline in secured rates continued from late October until the end of the year , in line with cuts in key ECB interest rates and market expectations of further rate cuts .

Note Euro area average of national three month interbank rates until 29 December 1998

The disparities were exposed in the IMF s last Global Financial Stability Report, published in April, which contains a striking analysis that shows the changes in tangible common equity over the last two years, and the degree to which banks are reliant on wholesale funding.

On the basis of the information on inter bank swap rates the Commission should establish a single recovery interest rate for each Member State.

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The recovery rate of loans is almost 100 percent.

Interbank trading volumes remained very modest , particularly at longer maturities , and the spreads between secured and unsecured money market rates remained very elevated by historical standards .

One month interbank deposit rates increased significantly , fluctuating approximately between 100 and 400 basis points above the refinancing rate .

In its liquidity management the ECB focuses on the interbank market for reserves , the latter being understood as the current account deposits that credit institutions in the euro area hold with the NCBs of the Eurosystem .

the replacement of existing interbank rates ( e.g. BIBOR , FIBOR , HELIBOR , MIBOR , PIBOR , RIBOR , etc .) with new definitions of euro area wide published indicator rates .

In June 2013, when the PBOC unexpectedly tightened monetary policy, domestic interbank interest rates shot up to 25 .

Establishment of a reference interest rate for unsecured overnight interbank deposits .

Aid intensity, eligible costs, overlap with other schemes interest rate subsidy for loans and subsidies for guarantees for those loans.

Already, the Greeks and the other countries subject to special measures have been shut out of the wholesale markets, and are reliant almost entirely on the European Central Bank.

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Section 5 Selected interbank funds transfer systems

1 . Participation in selected interbank funds transfer systems

The tragedy of Lehman Brothers and the following jump of interbank rates remind me of a similar event in Japan eleven years ago.

The interest rate on these overnight loans is normally substantially higher than the corresponding market rate .

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