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  • PRESS RELEASE
  • 30 April 2020

ECB announces new pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations

  • Series of additional longer-term refinancing operations to ensure sufficient liquidity and smooth money market conditions during the pandemic period
  • Operations allotted on a near monthly basis maturing in the third quarter of 2021

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) today decided to conduct a new series of seven additional longer-term refinancing operations, called pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operations (PELTROs). These operations will provide liquidity support to the euro area financial system and contribute to preserving the smooth functioning of money markets by providing an effective backstop after the expiry of the bridge longer-term refinancing operations (LTROs) that have been conducted since March 2020. Counterparties participating in PELTROs will be able to benefit from the collateral easing measures in place until the end of September 2021 that were announced by the Governing Council on 7 and 23 April 2020.

The PELTROs will be conducted as fixed rate tender procedures with full allotment. The operations will be offered at highly accommodative terms. The interest rate will be 25 basis points below the average rate applied in the Eurosystem’s main refinancing operations (currently 0%) over the life of the respective PELTRO.

The PELTROs will be conducted according to the indicative calendar below. The first operation will be announced on 19 May, allotted on 20 May and settled on 21 May 2020.

The operations provide longer-term funding to counterparties with decreasing tenors, starting with a tenor of 16 months in the first operation and ending with a tenor of 8 months in the last operation.

The ECB stands ready to provide additional liquidity, if needed.

Announcement

Allotment

Settlement

Maturity date

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Thursday, 21 May 2020

Thursday, 30 September 2021

Friday, 19 June 2020

Monday, 22 June 2020

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Thursday, 30 September 2021

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Thursday, 6 August 2020

Thursday, 30 September 2021

Tuesday, 1 September 2020

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Thursday, 3 September 2020

Thursday, 26 August 2021

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Thursday, 8 October 2020

Thursday, 26 August 2021

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Thursday, 5 November 2020

Thursday, 29 July 2021

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Thursday 3, December 2020

Thursday, 29 July 2021

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