This paper explores liquidity movements in stock and Treasury bond markets over a period of more than 1800 trading days …. Cross-market dynamics in liquidity are documented by estimating a vector autoregressive model for liquidity (that is, bid … in one market affects the spreads in both markets, and that return volatility is an important driver of liquidity …

stabilizing their own liquidity at high frequency. The latter institution follows a much more "hands-on" approach involving daily … intervention to fine-tune the liquidity of the banking system. We review the implications of these contrasting approaches, focusing … from their customary style of liquidity management. We find that, despite differences in operational framework, certain …