Draghi: Features of Outright Monetary Transactions
- Conditionality attached to EFSF/ESM program
- Can be full or precautionary program
- IMF involvement will be sought
- ECB to conduct transactions as warranted and will terminate them if conditionality not met
- ECB will have full discretion to terminate program when goals achieved or conditions not met
- No limit on bond buying
- Maturities of 1-3 years
- Eurosystem will accept pari passu treatment as other bondholders (will not be preferred creditor)
- Liquidity will be fully sterilized
- Purchases will be published on a weekly basis
- SMP is terminated, liquidity will be absorbed as in the past
- SMP holdings will be held to maturity
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