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Covid-19, sovereign risk and monetary policy: Evidence from the European Monetary Union

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  • Secil Yildirim Karaman

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This paper investigates the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and monetary policy measures adopted by the European Central Bank (ECB) on the sovereign risk for the European Monetary Union (EMU) countries for the period between March-2020 and November-2020 using daily data. The impact of Covid-19 and monetary policy shocks on the credit default swap rates and bond yields are investigated relying on a fixed effects panel regression model for five core (Germany, France, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium) and three periphery (Italy, Portugal and Spain) countries. To investigate the cross-country differences in responses, the interactions of the independent variables with periphery dummy and other country-specific variables are included in the regressions. The results of the empirical analysis suggest that Covid-19 shock increased the sovereign risk in the periphery EMU countries significantly and monetary policy measures have been effective in easing financial conditions in these countries. The results are insignificant for the core countries. The results also show that financial stability alleviates the negative impact of Covid-19 on the sovereign risk. ######### keywords

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  • Secil Yildirim Karaman, 2022. "Covid-19, sovereign risk and monetary policy: Evidence from the European Monetary Union," Central Bank Review, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, vol. 22(3), pages 99-107.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcb:cebare:v:22:y:2022:i:3:p:99-107
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