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the international liquidity management aspect of sterilization over the traditional monetary one, a re-focus that seems … liquidity management issues more generally …
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Both investors and borrowers are concerned about liquidity. Investors desire liquidity because they are uncertain about … when they will want to eliminate their holding of a financial asset. Borrowers are concerned about liquidity because they … compensation for the illiquidity investors will be subject to. We argue that banks can resolve these liquidity problems that arise …
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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 …
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effects can arise, so that less liquidity and a higher cost for finance can reinforce each other in a contagious spiral. I … document the remarkable rise in the premium that investors placed on liquidity during the crisis. Next, I show how these issues …
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I describe two amplifications mechanisms that operate during liquidity crises and discuss the scope for central bank … disengage from markets and increase their demand for liquidity. This behavior leads to a loss of liquidity and a crisis …
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Most economists and observers place the lack of fiscal discipline at the core of the recent Argentine crisis. This begs the question of how countries like Belgium or Italy (pre-Maastricht) could run large fiscal deficits and accumulate debts far beyond those of Argentina, without experiencing...
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panics or ex ante contractual links between banks, we argue bank failures can shrink the common pool of liquidity, creating … or exacerbating aggregate liquidity shortages. This could lead to a contagion of failures and a possible total meltdown …, liquidity problems and solvency problems interact and can cause each other, making it hard to determine the root cause of a …
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We explore the connection between money, banks, and aggregate credit. We start with a simple real' model without money, where banks make loans repayable in goods and depositors hold claims on the bank payable on demand in goods. Aggregate production may be delayed in the economy. If so, we show...
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Banks can fail either because they are insolvent or because an aggregate shortage of liquidity can render them … insolvent. We show that bank failures can themselves cause liquidity shortages. The failure of some banks can then lead to a … links between banks but because bank failure could lead to a contraction in the common pool of liquidity. There is a …
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emerging economy, and those affecting borrowing from foreign lenders. This 'dual liquidity' model offers a parsimonious …
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