Ela

ECB lowers Greek banks' ELA cap to 4 bln euros

The European Central Bank has lowered the ceiling on emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) Greek banks draw from the domestic central bank by 900 million euros to 4 billion euros, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday.

The move reflected improved liquidity conditions, taking into account private sector deposit flows and banks' access to wholesale financial markets, it said.

Greek banks' ELA dependence declines

Emergency central bank funding to Greek lenders dropped by 0.65 billion euros, or 6.4 percent, in May compared to the previous month, Bank of Greece data showed on Tuesday.

Emergency funding, which is considerably more costly than borrowing from the European Central Bank, dropped to 9.56 billion euros from 10.21 billion euros at the end of April, the data showed.

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