Initially he was recruited to the U.S. under a program called Operation Overcast, subsequently known as Operation Paperclip.

Reverse transaction shall mean an operation whereby the central bank buys ( reverse repo ) or sells ( repo ) assets under a repurchase agreement or conducts credit operations against collateral .

Purchase date the date on which the sale of purchased assets by the seller to the buyer becomes effective .

Announcement of longer term refinancing operation Allotment of longer term refinancing operations Settlement of longer term refinancing operations

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Interest rate instruments are revalued on an item by item basis .

ECB Annual Report 2006 Interest rate instruments are revalued on an item by item basis .

Interest rate instruments are revalued on an itemby item basis .

Interest rate instruments are revalued on an item by item basis .

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In addition , the EU Council may meet in the composition of the Heads of State or Government .

Outright transaction a transaction where the central bank buys or sells assets outright in the market ( spot or forward ) .

Quick tender the tender procedure used by the Eurosystem for fine tuning operations when it is deemed desirable to have a rapid impact on the liquidity situation in the market .

Main refinancing operation a regular open market operation executed by the Eurosystem in the form of a reverse transaction .

Main refinancing operations are conducted through weekly standard tenders and have a maturity of two weeks . Maintenance period the period over which credit institutions compliance with reserve requirements is calculated .

Pooling system a system for central banks collateral management where the counterparties provide a pool of assets to serve as collateral in their transactions with the central bank .

As for the instruments used , reverse transactions are the main open market instrument of the Eurosystem and can be employed in all four categories of operations .

The single instruction multiple data (SIMD) classification is analogous to doing the same operation repeatedly over a large data set.

Euro area the area encompassing those Member States in which the euro has been adopted as the single currency in accordance with the Treaty and in which a single monetary policy is conducted under the responsibility of the relevant decision making bodies of the ECB . The euro area comprises Belgium , Germany , Spain , France , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Austria , Portugal and Finland .

Non financial corporations one of the institutional sectors in the European System of Accounts 1995 ( ESA 95 ) .

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Longer term refinancing operation a regular open market operation executed by the Eurosystem in the form of a reverse transaction .

By contrast with an earmarking system , the underlying assets are not earmarked for individual transactions in a pooling system . Post fixed coupon a coupon on floating rate instruments which is determined on the basis of the values taken by the reference index at a certain date ( certain dates ) during the coupon accrual period .

In some Member States , branches of the national central bank may be closed on NCB business days owing to local or regional bank holidays .

Post fixed coupon a coupon on floating rate instruments which is determined on the basis of the values taken by the reference index at a certain date ( or dates ) during the coupon accrual period .

Pooling system see collateral pooling system .

Minimum bid rate the lower limit to the interest rates at which counterparties may submit bids in variable rate tenders .

Post fixed coupon a coupon on floating rate instruments which is determined on the basis of the values taken by the reference index on a certain date ( or dates ) during the coupon accrual period .

National central bank ( NCB ) as used in this document , a central bank of an EU Member State which has adopted the single currency in accordance with the Treaty .

Outright transaction a transaction whereby assets are bought or sold up to their maturity ( spot or forward ) .

Outright transaction a transaction whereby assets are bought or sold up to their maturity ( spot or forward ) .

ECBc The implementation of monetary policy in the euro area February 2005 ANNEX 2 Outright transaction a transaction whereby assets are bought or sold up to their maturity ( spot or forward ) .

Pooling system a system for central banks collateral management where the counterparties provide a pool of assets to serve as collateral in their transactions with the central bank .

Lump sum allowance a fixed amount which an institution may deduct in the calculation of its reserve requirement within the minimum reserve framework of the Eurosystem .

M1 , M2 , M3 see monetary aggregates .

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Consider the following functions, which demonstrate several kinds of dependencies Operation 3 in Dep(a, b) cannot be executed before (or even in parallel with) operation 2, because operation 3 uses a result from operation 2.

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They can take the form of liquidityproviding ( outright purchase ) or liquidityabsorbing ( outright sales ) operations

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Open market operation an operation executed on the initiative of the central bank in the financial market . With regard to their aims , regularity and procedures , Eurosystem open market operations can be divided into four categories main refinancing operations , longer term refinancing operations , fine tuning operations and structural operations .

Purchase price the price at which purchased assets are sold or are to be sold to the buyer by the seller . Quick tender the tender procedure used by the Eurosystem for fine tuning operations when it is deemed desirable to have a rapid impact on the liquidity situation in the market .

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