# Wait-and-see position

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## Definition

In the financial market in general, a state in which buyers (more rarely also referring to sellers) hold back on the basis of certain expectations. - In the case of the central bank, a behavior in which it does not implement any of its measures (often regardless of calls from the public), but may comment on developments in the financial market. - See Abundance, Investment Emergency, Attentism, Code Words, Leadership, Verbal, Willingness to Act, Liquidity Trap, Market Weakness, Moral Suasion, Open-Mouth Policy, Signaling Effect, Silence, Stealth Policy, Vigilance, High - Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin, April 2007, pp. 67 ff. (textbook account of the ECB's communication with the financial market). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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