The impact of unconventional monetary policies on perceptions of extreme events at times of crisis

Abstract

The European Central Bank’s and the Federal Reserve’s announcements of unconventional monetary policies have contributed to significantly reducing market perceptions of the probability of extreme macro-financial events. This phenomenon has arisen in periods of intense market strain, such as the global financial crisis and the current COVID-19 crisis. These measures have served to mitigate the materialisation of extremely unfavourable events through the feedback loop between the financial sector and the real economy and to ensure adequate monetary policy transmission.