Standing facility: a central bank facility available to counterparties at their own initiative. The Eurosystem offers two overnight standing facilities: the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility. Start date: the date on which the first leg of a monetary policy operation is settled.
Jour ouvrable Eurosystème (Eurosystem business day): n’importe quel jour durant lequel la BCE et au moins une banque centrale nationale sont ouvertes aux fins de mener des opérations de politique monétaire de l’Eurosystème.