The monetary policy and the market of treasury securities in the euro area

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the impact of monetary policy on the treasury securities market in the euro area. Struggling with the effects of the financial crisis and the debt crisis the ECB actively used monetary policy instruments. In particular, the ECB lowered interest rate and embarked on quantitative easing monetary policy. These actions, however, didn’t bring a  sustained improvement on treasury securities market in the euro area. The situation changed after the implementation of the Outright Monetary Transaction. This program can be compared to given the EBC guarantees the redemption of government securities.