- increased from €121 billion in the first maintenance period of 2021 to €123 billion in the second maintenance period of 2021
- remained stable at -0.55% for the wholesale sector and at -0.57% for the interbank sector
- decreased from €400 billion to €376 billion, with a of -0.56%

Unsecured market

In the second maintenance period of 2021, which started on 17 March 2021 and ended on 27 April 2021, the borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment averaged €123 billion per day. The total borrowing turnover for the period as a whole was €3,432 billion. Borrowing from credit institutions, i.e. on the interbank market, represented a turnover of €309 billion, i.e. 9% of the total borrowing turnover, and lending to credit institutions amounted to €175 billion. Overnight borrowing transactions represented 64% of the total borrowing nominal amount. The weighted average overnight rate for borrowing transactions was -0.57% for the interbank sector and -0.55% for the wholesale sector, the same as in the previous maintenance period.
Secured market

In the second maintenance period of 2021, the borrowing turnover in the secured segment averaged €376 billion per day, while the total borrowing turnover for the period as a whole was €10,541 billion. Cash lending represented a turnover of €8,378 billion and the daily average amounted to €299 billion. Most of the turnover was concentrated in tenors ranging from overnight to up to one week, with overnight transactions representing around 24% of the total nominal amount on both the borrowing and the lending side. The weighted average overnight rate for borrowing and lending transactions was, respectively, -0.56% and -0.58% for the wholesale sector, compared with -0.52% and -0.56% in the previous maintenance period.

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