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role of repo markets and the importance of collateral velocity and the need to avoid wedges between repo and monetary …
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This paper examines the transmission mechanism through which unconventional monetary policy affects long-term interest rates. I construct a real-time measure summarizing market projections of the magnitude and duration of the Federal Reserve's Large Scale Asset Purchases (LSAP) program, and...
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Financial lubrication in markets is indifferent to margin posting via money or collateral; the relative price(s) of … money and collateral matter. Some central banks are now a major player in the collateral markets. Analogous to a coiled … spring, the larger the quantitative easing (QE) efforts, the longer the central banks will impact the collateral market and …
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This paper on the Republic of Poland was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed in July 2012. The views expressed in this...
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into their holding of capital or collateral. An eigenvector centrality based ‘super-spreader’ tax has been designed and …
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This paper presents key findings of the Third Review under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) in Rwanda. Program performance was broadly satisfactory. All end-June quantitative assessment criteria were met. Structural benchmarks were partially met as the pace of implementation of structural...
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introduces a costly liquidation process for foreclosed collateral and endogenous recovery rates in a dynamic stochastic general …-cyclical when collateral is costly to liquidate. Through links between recovery rates, risk premia, and default risk, the model … generates an additional liquidity spiral, a feedback loop for the financial accelerator. We illustrate how collateral …
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counterparties; (ii) a congruence of collateral policies with market developments; (iii) an ability to increase the average maturity … of liquidity provision; and (iv) central bank cooperation to facilitate the use of cross-border collateral. Flexible use …
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The objectives and functions of payments systems in centrally planned economies are described and analyzed. These are compared to those of payments systems in market economies and to the characteristics of an ideal payments system. The dominant role of the state in the centrally planned...
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Electronic money (e-money), as a network good, could become an important form of currency in the future. Such a development could affect monetary policy effectiveness. If an increased use of e-money substantially limits the demand for central bank reserves, this limitation would require changes...
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