compares the Federal Reserve's actions with the literature on optimal policy in a liquidity trap. The theory suggests that, to … securities markets can restore liquidity with fewer government funds than extending credit to the originators of loans …

' provision of liquidity insurance in the form of credit lines, their significance in managing corporate liquidity, and the …

Can banks maintain their advantage as liquidity providers when they are heavily exposed to a financial crisis? The … liquidity insurer is not one of the passive recipient, but of an active seeker, of deposits. We find that banks facing a funding … liquidity demand shocks (as measured by their unused commitments, wholesale funding dependence, and limited liquid assets), as …

-and-repurchase (repo) contracts. Exemption from an automatic stay in bankruptcy enables financial intermediaries to raise greater liquidity … and induces entry of intermediaries with higher leverage during normal times. This liquidity creation occurs, however, at …

We investigate the transmission of central bank liquidity to bank deposits and loan spreads in Europe over the period … bank liquidity does not translate into lower loan spreads for high-risk banks for maturities beyond one year, even as it …

drying up of liquidity. Financial firms raise short-term debt in order to finance asset purchases. When asset fundamentals … worsen, debt induces firms to risk-shift; this limits their funding liquidity and their ability to roll over debt. Firms may … de-lever by selling assets to better-capitalized firms. Thus the market liquidity of assets depends on the severity of …