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Repo auctions are multiunit auctions regularly used by central banks to inject liquidity into the banking sector. Banks … bidders are more concerned with the loser’s nightmare, collateral, and future interest rate reductions by the ECB. Small and …
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We propose a multi-period model in which competitive arbitrageurs exploit discrepancies between the prices of two identical risky assets, traded in segmented markets. Arbitrageurs need to collateralize separately their positions in each asset, and this implies a financial constraint limiting...
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global liquidity creation by key central banks and, second, an ex-ante global saving glut, brought about by the entry of a … England’s liquidity management, regulatory failure of the FSA, an inadequate deposit insurance arrangement and deficient …
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The first part of the paper analyzes the inflationary risks associated with price liberalization, the welfare costs of inflation and the difficulties of East European central banks in pursuing non-inflationary policies. The main obstacles are the low credibility of stabilization policies and a...
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Some central banks have a reputation for being secretive. A justification for this behaviour that we find in the literature is that being transparent about operations and beliefs hinders the central bank in achieving the best outcome. In other words, a central bank needs flexibility and...
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This paper discusses liquidity regulation when short-term funding enables credit growth but generates negative systemic … containing risk and preserving credit quality, while quantity-based funding ratios are distorsionary. Liquidity buffers are … overconfidence), excess credit and liquidity risk are best controlled with net funding ratios. Taxes on short-term funding emerge …
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The crisis of the advanced economies in 2008-09 has focused new attention on money and credit fluctuations, financial crises, and policy responses. We study the behavior of money, credit, and macroeconomic indicators over the long run based on a new historical dataset for 14 countries over the...
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After a brief review of classical, Keynesian, New Classical and New Keynesian theories of macroeconomic policy, we assess whether New Keynesian Economics captures the quintessential features stressed by JM Keynes. Particular attention is paid to Keynesian features omitted in New Keynesian...
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We analyze the impact of non-compliance with a requirement similar to the Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio and its … non-compliance with a liquidity requirement causes banks to pay and charge higher interest rates as well as to increase … be affected by the requirement. While non-compliance with a liquidity requirement does not seem to directly affect …
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We study a production economy with multiple sectors financed by issuing securities to agents who face capital constraints. Binding capital constraints propagate business cycles, and a reduction of the interest rate can increase the required return of high-haircut assets since it can increase the...
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