We provide an asset pricing analysis of one of the main categories of near-money or safe assets,the repurchase agreement (repo). Heterogeneity in repo rates allows for a remunerative carry trade. The return on this carry trade, our carry factor, together with a market factor explain the temporal...

We provide the first systematic asset pricing analysis of one of the main safe asset categories, the repurchase agreement (repo). A standard, no-arbitrage model with a market and a carry factor prices these near-money assets. While the market factor determines the short-term interest rate level,...

Although designed to support monetary policy, two crucial aspects of the central bank framework can disconnect the monetary policy transmission: banks' access to central bank deposits and Quantitative Easing (QE). We show how both hinder the monetary policy transmission through the main...