On that day, the ECB, pressured by Germany, rescinded an important part of its exemption, thereby cutting off Greek banks’ direct access to the ECB and diverting them to pricier financing from Greece’s central bank (so-called emergency liquidity assistance). Unsurprisingly, stock prices plummeted and the bank run returned with a vengeance, bleeding €45 billion of deposits out of the system over the next few months.
Nesse dia, o BCE, pressionado pela Alemanha, rescindiu uma parte importante da sua isenção, cortando assim o acesso direto dos bancos gregos ao BCE e desviando-os para o financiamento mais caro do banco central da Grécia (a chamada assistência de liquidez de emergência).