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Collateral Tightening in the Euro Area
Bilous K. I.

Bilous, Kostiantyn I. (2026) “Collateral Tightening in the Euro Area.” Business Inform 3:404–416.
https://doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2026-3-404-416

Section: Finance, Money Circulation and Credit

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Abstract:
The article proposes a reproducible design for monitoring tightening collateral requirements in the Eurozone based on four data blocks from the European Central Bank (ECB): quarterly SESFOD results, MMSR indicators for the secured money market segment, collateral usage statistics in the Eurosystem, and the archive of assets eligible as collateral. Additionally, a time series of the ECB interest rate is used as a control indicator. The underlying assumption is that stress in the collateral market cannot be reduced to a single market indicator but manifests as a configuration of interrelated signals in the cost of secured funding, financing conditions, availability of eligible assets, and the extent of recourse to official refinancing channels. The empirical design covers 2018Q1–2025Q4 and combines descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regressions with Newey–West (HAC) standard errors, and models with lags, specifications with a small-sample correction and panel models with fixed effects by collateral classes and quarters. The article tests four monitoring hypotheses regarding the joint movement of tighter financing conditions with weaker market activity, the role of the volume of eligible assets, the strengthening of these links during periods of stress, and differences between individual collateral classes. It is shown that the composite SESFOD indicator in basic aggregated equations weakly explains the dynamics of the secured market turnover, while its decomposition reveals divergent component signals that are lost when aggregated. The secured market rate predominantly reflects the ECB’s interest rate cycle, whereas collateral usage in the Eurosystem and the ratio of utilized collateral to the pool of eligible assets provide a more stable signal for monitoring stress during periods of strain and changes in monetary policy. Panel analysis by collateral classes records higher sensitivity of ABS and covered bonds compared to the base public sector; however, these results should be interpreted as describing heterogeneity in a small panel rather than as a causal estimate of structural elasticities. The scientific novelty lies in the creation of a reproducible monitoring design that allows distinguishing indicators that consistently respond to stress in the collateral sphere from indicators with weak, unstable, or masked signals when aggregated. The practical value lies in the possibility of applying this approach by banks, regulators, and central banks for real-time monitoring of stress in the secured financing market without access to private dealer data.

Keywords: collateral management; secured financing; SESFOD; MMSR; eligible assets; Eurosystem; euro area; collateral classes.

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Bilous Kostiantyn I. – PhD, Lecturer, Department of Financial Management and Stock Market, Odesa National Economic University (8 Preobrazhenska Str., Odesa, 65082, Ukraine)
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