ECB Raises Limit on Securities Lending to Ease Year-End Crunch.

A decision by the German finance agency to increase securities lending, collateral released by early repayment of ECB pandemic-era loans to banks and eventually quantitative tightening could also help, he added. (Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank has increased the amount of securities that central banks in the euro area can lend out against cash collateral, a bid to satisfy demand for high-quality liquid assets around year-end. [Extracted from the article]