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. 2021 Aug 29;133:106305. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106305

Table A5.

Policy announcements in developed and developing countries.

Developed Countries
Developing Countries
(days with policy announcements = 160)
(days with policy announcements = 115)
Announcements by category Single policy announcements Announcements by category Single policy announcements
Policy category
Liquidity 40 14 43 18
Prudential 99 47 42 18
Borrower Support 57 11 32 16
Asset Purchases 22 17 8 2
Policy Rates 10 6 36 28
Total policies 228 95 161 82
Policy categories announced in the same day
Liquidity + Prudential 13 7
Liquidity + Borrower Support 9 2
Liquidity + Prudential + Borrower Support 1 5
Liquidity + Policy Rates 2 3
Liquidity + Asset Purchases 0 3
Prudential + Borrower Support 35 6
Prudential + Policy Rates 0 2
Prudential + Liquidity + Asset Purchases 1 1
Borrower Support + Liquidity + Policy Rates 0 1
Borrower Support + Asset Purchases + Policy Rates 1 0
Policy Rates + Asset Purchases 1 0
Policy Rates + Liquidity + Prudential 0 1
Asset Purchases + Prudential 2 0

Notes: Data obtained from the World Bank (Feyen et al., 2021) covering the period February 1 to April 17 2020.