Basic features of the Primary mechanism and the Supplementary mechanism of liquidity provision
| Mechanism | Purpose | Operations | Term | Interest rate | Assets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Primary mechanism (PM) | Liquidity management and operating monetary policy goal | Auctions | Repos | Min bid rate: key rate (fixed) |
Securities from Lombard list eligible for PM | |
| 1 week | ||||||
| 1 month | Min bid rate: key rate + 10 b.p. (floating) |
OFZ, regional and municipal bonds from Lombard list eligible for longer-term repos | ||||
| 1 year | Min bid rate: key rate + 25 b.p. (floating) |
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| Loans secured by non-marketable assets | 3 months | Credit claims eligible for PM | ||||
| Standing Facilities | Intraday loans and overnight loans | 1 day | No / key rate + 100 b.p. (fixed) |
Securities from Lombard list eligible for PM and SM and credit claims eligible for PM and SM | ||
| Repos | 1 day | key rate + 100 b.p. (fixed) |
Securities from Lombard list eligible for PM | |||
| Lombard loans / loans secured by non-marketable assets | key rate + 100 b.p. (floating) |
Securities from Lombard list eligible for PM / credit claims eligible for PM | ||||
| The Supplementary mechanism (SM) | Credit institutions’ support (for institutions which experiencing temporary liquidity shortages) | Repos | key rate + 175 b.p. (floating) |
Securities from Lombard list eligible for SM | ||
| Loans secured by non-marketable assets | key rate + 175 b.p. (floating) |
Credit claims eligible for SM | ||||
Assets eligible for the Primary mechanism and the Supplementary mechanism of liquidity provision
| Assets eligible for PM | Assets eligible for SM1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Assets — operations | Securities — repos and loans, Credit claims — loans |
Securities — repos, Credit claims — loans |
| Securities from Lombard list |
1) Bonds issued on behalf of the Russian Federation 2) Bank of Russia Bonds 3) Corporate, regional and municipal bonds provided that: — an issue / issuer of bonds has at least two credit ratings from different credit rating agencies2 — all credit ratings (which it has) should not be lower „АА-”3 |
1) Bonds, which not eligible for PM, provided that: — an issue / issuer of bonds has a credit rating from credit rating agencies2 — all credit ratings (which it has) should not be lower „А-”4 2) Mortgage-backed bonds secured by a joint guarantee of DOM.RF 3) Bonds with guarantee of the Russian Federation |
| Nonmarketable assets — credit claims |
Credit claims provided that: — a debtor has at least two credit ratings from different credit rating agencies2 — all credit ratings (which it has) should not be lower „АА-”3 |
1) Credit claims, which not eligible for PM, provided that: — a debtor has a credit rating from credit rating agencies2 — all credit ratings (which it has) should not be lower „А-”4 2) Credit claims to corporations which have no credit ratings, but have a credit risk estimation from the Bank of Russia at the level corresponding to credit ratings not lower „А-”4 3) Credit claims to the Russian Federation |
1 Assets eligible for SM operations can be used fot intraday loans and overnight loans (which are classified as PM operations).
2 Credit rating agencies ACRA (JSC), Expert RA JSC, NCR LLC, NRA LLC.
3 АA-(RU) / ruАA- / АA-.ru / AA-|ru| according to classification ACRA (JSC) / Expert RA JSC / NCR LLC / NRA LLC.
4 А-(RU) / ruА- / А-.ru / A-|ru| according to classification ACRA (JSC) / Expert RA JSC / NCR LLC / NRA LLC.