COVID-19 credit support programs in Europe’s five largest economies

Julia Anderson, Francesco Papadia and Nicolas Veron
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Julia Anderson: Bruegel
Francesco Papadia: Bruegel

No WP21-6, Working Paper Series from Peterson Institute for International Economics

Abstract: In 2020, European governments mitigated the economic impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and other pandemic-fighting programs through a host of initiatives, including efforts to support credit, such as guarantees for bank loans, particularly to small and medium-sized enterprises. This paper presents detailed information about these national credit support programs in the largest national economies of the European Union (France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) and the United Kingdom. The information was collected through thorough examination of published material and extended exchanges with national authorities and financial sector participants. The analysis focuses on (1) how countries positioned themselves on the many tradeoffs that emerged in designing and implementing the programs; and (2) what explains differences in usage across countries and its leveling off everywhere in the second half of 2020.

Keywords: Loan guarantees; Credit support; COVID-19; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-04
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