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Monetary policy has pursued the concept of inflation targeting. This has been implemented in many countries. Here interest rates are supposed to respond to an inflation gap and output gap. Yet, recently monetary policy, in particular in the US after the subprime and the credit crises, the...
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This paper explores the financial stability implications of mark-to-market accounting, in particular its tendency to amplify financial cycles and the "reach for yield". Market prices play a dual role. Not only do they serve as a signal of the underlying fundamentals and the actions taken by...
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discuss their implications for market functioning in both normal times and times of stress. We find that alternative liquidity … providers have stepped in as constraints on dealer liquidity provision have tightened, supporting liquidity during normal times …
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the innovations in the VIX index. Aggregate liquidity can be seen as the rate of change of the aggregate balance sheet of …
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A review of major lines of thinking about developments in the 1980s bearing on the likelihood of a financial crisis in the United States supports four principal conclusions:First, financial crises have historically played a major role in large fluctuations in business activity. A financial...
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Treasury market liquidity is constructed, reflecting the fact that the varying measures capture different aspects of market … liquidity. The liquidity index is then correlated with various metrics of funding liquidity, volatility, and macroeconomic … conditions. The liquidity index points to poor liquidity during the 2007-09 financial crisis and around the near failure of Long …
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A review of major lines of thinking about developments in the 1980s bearing on the likelihood of a financial crisis in the United States supports four principal conclusions:<br>First, financial crises have historically played a major role in large fluctuations in business activity. A financial...
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