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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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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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The Great Escape? A Quantitative Evaluation of the Fed’s Liquidity Facilities

Del Negro, Marco; Eggertsson, Gauti B.; Ferrero, Andrea; … - 2011

We introduce liquidity frictions into an otherwise standard DSGE model with nominal and real rigidities, explicitly … incorporating the zero bound on the short-term nominal interest rate. Within this framework, we ask: Can a shock to the liquidity of … government exchanges liquid government assets for illiquid private paper? We find that the effects of the liquidity shock can be …

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The Advantage of Flexible Targeting Rules

Ferrero, Andrea - 2008

This paper investigates the consequences of debt stabilization for inflation targeting. If the monetary authority perfectly stabilizes inflation while the fiscal authority holds constant the real value of debt at maturity, the equilibrium dynamics might be indeterminate. However, determinacy can...

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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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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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013301918