FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers are mulling ways to tackle the problem of lenders addicted to central bank liquidity, which is complicating its exit from extraordinary crisis lending measures.

Below are some of the options the ECB could consider to wean banks off the cheap and abundant funding which is pinning market interest rates for maturities of up to four months below the central bank’s benchmark interest rate.

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