ECB maintains emergency liquidity to Greek banks, adjusts haircuts on collateral

The European Central Bank on Monday said it made no change to the level of emergency liquidity assistance available to Greek banks, but appeared to raise the haircuts on collateral the institutions must pledge in return for the emergency loans from the Bank of Greece. "The financial situation of the Hellenic Republic has an impact on Greek banks since the collateral they use in ELA relies to a significant extent on government-linked assets," the ECB said, in a statement on its website. "In this context, the Governing Council decided today to adjust the haircuts on collateral accepted by the......(read more)

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