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Imperfect Competition in the Interbank Market for Liquidity as Arationale for Central Banking

Acharya, Viral V. - 2012

We study liquidity transfers between banks through the interbank borrowing and asset sale markets when, (i) surplus …) compared to outside markets, or is prepared to extend potentially loss-making loans. The public provision of liquidity to banks …, in fact its mere credibility, can thus improve the private allocation of liquidity among banks. This rationale for …

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Imperfect Competition in the Interbank Market for Liquidity as a Rationale for Central Banking

Acharya, Viral V. - 2013

We study liquidity transfers between banks through the interbank borrowing and asset sale markets when(i)surplus banks … providing liquidity have market power, ii)there are frictions in the lending market due to moral hazard, and(iii)assets are bank … markets, or is prepared to extend potentially loss-making loans. The public provision of liquidity to banks, in fact its mere …

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How Do Global Banks Scramble for Liquidity? Evidence from the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Freeze of 2007

Acharya, Viral V. - 2013

In August of 2007, banks faced a freeze in funding liquidity from the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. We … investigate how banks scrambled for liquidity in response to this freeze and its implications for corporate borrowing. Commercial …

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Sovereign Debt, Government Myopia, and the Financial Sector

Acharya, Viral V. - 2013

What determines the sustainability of sovereign debt? In this paper, we develop a model where myopic governments seek electoral popularity but can nevertheless commit credibly to service external debt. They do not default when they are poor because they would lose access to debt markets and be...

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The Forward Guidance Puzzle

Del Negro, Marco - 2012

With short-term interest rates at the zero lower bound, forward guidance has become a key tool for central bankers, and yet we know little about its effectiveness. Standard medium-scale DSGE models tend to grossly overestimate the impact of forward guidance on the macroeconomy — a phenomenon...

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The FRBNY DSGE Model

Del Negro, Marco - 2013

The goal of this paper is to present the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model developed and used at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper describes how the model works, how it is estimated, how it rationalizes past history, including the Great Recession, and how it is...

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Monetary Policy Implementation with an Ample Supply of Reserves

Afonso, Gara - 2020

Methods of monetary policy implementation continue to change. The level of reserve supply—scarce, abundant, or somewhere in between—has implications for the efficiency and effectiveness of an implementation regime. The money market events of September 2019 highlight the need for an...

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Central Bank Macroeconomic Forecasting during the Global Financial Crisis : The European Central Bank and Federal Reserve Bank of New York Experiences

Alessi, Lucia - 2014

This paper documents macroeconomic forecasting during the global financial crisis by two key central banks: the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper is the result of a collaborative effort between the two institutions, allowing us to study the time-stamped...

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The FRBNY Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge : UIG

Amstad, Marlene - 2014

Monetary policymakers and long-term investors would benefit greatly from a measure of underlying inflation that uses all relevant information, is available in real time, and forecasts inflation better than traditional underlying inflation measures such as core inflation measures. This paper...

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Exorbitant Privilege? Quantitative Easing and the Bond Market Subsidy of Prospective Fallen Angels

Acharya, Viral V.; Banerjee, Ryan; Crosignani, Matteo; … - 2022

We document capital misallocation in the U.S. investment-grade (IG) corporate bond market, driven by quantitative easing (QE). Prospective fallen angels—risky firms just above the IG rating cutoff—enjoyed subsidized bond financing since 2009, especially when the scale of QE purchases peaked...

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