European Central Bank's OMT Decision : Still within the Framework of the Monetary Policy?

• Autorzy: Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer , Peter Schiffauer
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This contribution looks into the details of the ECB's Governing Council Decision of 6 September 2012 on Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) in secondary sovereign bond markets with a view to exploring whether the controversies raised around the ECB's alleged transgression of its mandate in the context of the OMTs are well- grounded. The authors analyse the legal basis for the ECB's activity and attempt to answer the question whether the OMT programme may be interpreted as a monetary policy instrument compatible with the EU law, notably the prohibition of monetary financing laid down in Article 123 TFEU. The authors contend that, given the inherent overlap of economic and monetary policies, drawing a clear demarcation line between them is neither possible, nor desirable. This delimitation lacuna under the EU law leaves the ECB a convenient margin of manoeuvre to intervene for the sake of maintaining financial stability of the monetary union on the one hand, and the ECJ to legally leverage such intervention by prudent, but capable legal hermeneu- tics. Consequently, there is currently no basis for challenging the legality of OMTs under the EU law, albeit the question of possible transgression of the ECB's mandate remains open in respect of such modalities of OMT implementation which would provide defaulting Member States financial assistance detached from financial markets logic and discipline. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Monetary policy; Economic policy; Financial sustainability

PL

Polityka pieniężna; Polityka gospodarcza; Stabilność finansowa

• Czasopismo: Journal of International Studies
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 9
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 195--206

Twórcy

autor

Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer

• Wrocław School of Banking, Poland

autor

Peter Schiffauer

• Dimitris-Tsatsos-Institut fur Europaische Verfassungswissenschaften Fernuniversitat in Hagen, Germany

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DOI

10.14254/2071-8330.2016/9-2/15