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This paper develops a generalization of the formulas proposed by Kuttner (2001) and others for purposes of measuring the effects of a change in the fed funds target on Treasury yields of different maturities. The generalization avoids the need to condition on the date of the target change and...
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repayment. The theory is used to answer a number of positive and normative questions: What are the determinants of the fed funds …
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We trace the origins of China's rapidly developing shadow banking sector to the adoption of stricter liquidity rules by …
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We introduce liquidity frictions into an otherwise standard DSGE model with nominal and real rigidities and ask: Can a … shock to the liquidity of private paper lead to a collapse in short-term nominal interest rates and a recession like the one … interventions in which the government provides liquidity in exchange for illiquid private paper? We find that the effects of the …
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Under the classical gold standard (1880-1914), the Bank of France maintained a stable discount rate while the Bank of England changed its rate very frequently. Why did the policies of these central banks, the two pillars of the gold standard, differ so much? How did the Bank of France manage to...
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This article assesses the extent to which government-administered financial shocks and lower interest rates can account for the massive accumulation of bank excess reserves in the Great Depression. Both factors are shown to be statistically significant. Financial shocks did exert astatistically...
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During the contraction from 1929 through 1933, the Federal Reserve System tracked changes in the status of all banks operating in the United States and determined the cause of each bank suspension. This essay introduces quarterly series derived from that hitherto dormant data and presents...
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are real in theory, but remote in practice today …
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November 1930, the Banque de France (BdF) lent selectively rather than broadly, providing substantially more liquidity to …
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in 2017, there was no commensurate shrinkage of these claims on liquidity. Consequently, the financial sector was left … more sensitive to potential liquidity shocks, with weaker-capitalized banks most exposed. This necessitated Fed liquidity … provision in September 2019 and again in March 2020. Liquidity-risk-exposed banks suffered the most drawdowns and the largest …
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