The ECB after the crisis: existing synergies among monetary policy, macroprudential policies and banking supervision

Nuno Cassola, Christoffer Kok and Francesco Mongelli

No 237, Occasional Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: The prolonged crisis exposed the vulnerability of a monetary union without a banking union. The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which started operating in November 2014, is an essential step towards restoring banks to health and rebuilding trust in the banking system. The ECB is today responsible for setting a single monetary policy applicable throughout the euro area and for supervising all euro area banks in order to ensure their safety and soundness, some directly and some indirectly. Its role in the area of financial stability has also expanded through the conferral of macroprudential tasks and tools that include tightening national measures when necessary. It thus carries out these complementary functions, while its primary objective of pursuing price stability remains unchanged. What are the working arrangements of this enlarged ECB, and what are the similarities and existing synergies among these functions? In the following pages, focusing on the organisational implications of the “new” ECB, we show the relative degrees of centralisation and decentralisation that exist in discharging these functions, the cycles of policy preparation and the rules governing interaction between them. JEL Classification: E42, E58, F36, G21

Keywords: banking supervision; banking union; decision-making process; European Central Bank; financial stability; macroprudential policies; monetary policy; systemic risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11
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