At a more informal level, communication is facilitated by frequent contact between Bank staff and market participants and I would encourage you to contact the Central Bank with your views on any notable market developments. The variety and type of assets acceptable as eligible collateral in Eurosystem credit operations is also currently under review by the Eurosystem.
The feasibility of such measures in turn depends to a huge extent on the people’s attitude, i.e. in particular the willingness of the social and economic elites to pay for the state. Cultural and social issues clearly play an important role here.