financial institutions to market participants. In particular, we analyze liquidity and volatility premia on the French …; in the other, which we dub the unconventional regime, monetary policy operations lead to volatility and liquidity premia …

, then the economy will fall into a liquidity trap today. …

immune against any liquidity problem. This paper analyzes on a long sample (2000-2009), the all set of quotes and … transactions in three main currency pairs (EURJPY, EURUSD, USDJPY) on the EBS platform. To characterize the FX market liquidity, we … propose the computation of a new liquidity indicator, BIL, that solely relies on price series availability. The main benefit …

It has been argued in the literature that emergency liquidity injections should be conducted preferably in the form of … open market operations. As we show in the present paper, this is not necessarily the case when liquidity may be …, targeted liquidity assistance may become strictly superior. The analysis might have a bearing on recent developments in the …

rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual developments in the fall of 2008. Low …