ECB Long-Term Loan Repayments From Banks Seen Slowing This Month.

Banks had already handed back more than €700 billion in November and December after ECB officials decided to toughen the terms of the loans, known as TLTROs. (Bloomberg) -- Euro-zone banks are expected to return less cheap long-term funding to the European Central Bank this month compared with at their last two opportunities, according to economists. [Extracted from the article]

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