Balance Sheet Policy of Central Banks in the Conditions of the Exit Strategy of Central Bank

Abstract

The study identifies the balance sheet policy of central banks differentiating it from quantitative easing policy. Additionally, the study analyses various types of quantitative easing depicting their balance sheet effects. Changes in volumes and structures of the biggest central banks are analysed on the example of quantitative easing programs applied by the Fed and ECB. A basic and direct purpose of this study refers to the specification of reasons for central banks' maintaining the balance sheet policy and the assessment of its outcomes from the perspective of the exit strategy adopted by central banks.

Keywords

• Central banks
• Monetary Policy of the ECB
• Balance sheets policy
• Bank reserves