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We use the information in credit-default swaps to obtain direct measures of the size of the default and nondefault components in corporate spreads. We find that the majority of the corporate spread is due to default risk. This result holds for all rating categories and is robust to the...
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the portfolio holds common stocks amounts to an asset swap. Such an asset swap does not increase national saving, wealth …. The asset swap is deemed successful if the stock portfolio generates sufficient cash to pay off the interest and principal …
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In March 2020, the Federal Reserve eased the terms on its standing swap lines in collaboration with other central banks …, reactivated temporary swap agreements, and then introduced the new Foreign and International Monetary Authorities (FIMA) repo … facility. We provide new evidence on how the central bank swap lines and FIMA repo facility reduce strains in global dollar …
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negative swap spreads should not be surprising. In the calibrated model, swap spreads can reasonably match empirical … counterparts without the need for large demand imbalances in the swap market. Empirical evidence is consistent with the relation … between term spreads and swap spreads in the model …
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sources of corporate Credit Default Swap prices: GFI, Fenics, Reuters EOD, CMA, Markit and JP Morgan, using the most liquid …
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-series variation of conditional volatility and skewness of the swap rate distributions implied by the swaption cube. We then develop … and skewness of the risk-neutral and physical swap rate distributions. Finally, we investigate the fundamental drivers of …
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doing it both gives up a valuable fiscal hedging option and leaves large amounts of money on the table …
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has been associated with an unprecedented rise of swap agreements between central banks of larger economies and their … counterparts in smaller economies. We explore whether such swap lines can reduce the need for reserve accumulation. The evidence … suggests that there is only a limited scope for swaps to substitute for reserves. The selectivity of the swap lines indicates …
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central banks. These central banks had the capacity to use these swap facilities to provide dollar liquidity to institutions … in their jurisdictions. This paper presents the developments in the dollar swap facilities through the end of 2009. The … research, as well as more descriptive accounts, suggests that the dollar swap lines among central banks were effective at …
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unprecedented U.S. dollar swap lines recently provided to many countries by the Federal Reserve …
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