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ECB Expands Euro Lifeline to Global Central Banks, Boosts Currency's Clout

ECB opens euro lifeline to foreign central banks in push to elevate single currency’s global clout. Image source: ECB

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Firstpost•16-02-2026, 17:58

ECB Expands Euro Lifeline to Global Central Banks, Boosts Currency's Clout

•The European Central Bank (ECB) has opened its euro liquidity backstop (EUREP) to nearly all foreign central banks, aiming to strengthen the euro's global standing.
•The enhanced Eurosystem repo facility for central banks (EUREP) will grant standing access to non-euro area central banks, unless excluded by sanctions or other criteria.
•Effective Q3 2026, this significantly broadens the facility, previously limited to a small group of neighboring countries and introduced during the 2020 pandemic.
•The move is part of ECB President Christine Lagarde's strategy to capitalize on the euro's "global moment" amid geopolitical shifts and US dollar dominance debates.
•Participating central banks can borrow up to €50 billion against high-quality euro-denominated collateral, with reduced transparency on individual usage.

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