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This paper provides a simple weekly model of the regular supply of liquidity in the euro area, with a view to understand the functioning of the euro area money market. The main result of the analysis is that liquidity has normally been provided by the ECB in a neutral and smooth manner, but also that there has been some attempt, albeit very limited, to correct deviations of the overnight rate from...