by changes following bank mergers involving Federal Reserve customer banks. This paper evaluates the effect of bank … two or more Reserve Bank customers have resulted in volume losses, especially during the first quarter following the … additional check-processing volume because of bank mergers. …

markets. The analysis shows that swap lines by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) had a positive impact on bank stocks in Central … and Eastern Europe. It then highlights the importance of individual bank characteristics in identifying the impact of swap … lines on bank stocks. Bank-level evidence suggests that stock prices of local and less-well capitalized banks as well as …

central bank. Using a New Monetarist model, the analysis shows that fractional reserve banking is beneficial because of the …

Recently, economists have argued that a bank's importance within the financial system depends not only on its … individual characteristics but also on its position within the banking network. A bank is deemed to be 'central' if, based on our …

The Bank of England, the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have responded to the crisis with … exceptional initiatives resulting in a major increase in their balance sheets. After the ECB's end-2011 launch of three-year bank … differences remain: the Bank of England and Fed have mostly relied on large-scale purchases of government bonds, while the ECB has …