"We study the liquidity demand of large settlement banks in the UK and its effect on the Sterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of 2007-08. Liquidity holdings of large settlement banks experienced on average a 30% increase in the period immediately following 9th August,...

Despite international financial disintegration, we document a dramatic increase in dollar borrowing among leveraged Eurozone corporates during the Great Financial Crisis. Using loan-level data, we trace this increase to the twin crisis in the credit market and in funding markets. The reduction...

We study the liquidity demand of large settlement banks in the UK and its effect on the Sterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of 2007-08. Liquidity holdings of large settlement banks experienced on average a 30% increase in the period immediately following 9th August,...

We study the liquidity demand of large settlement banks in the UK and its effect on the Sterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of 2007-08. Liquidity holdings of large settlement banks experienced on average a 30% increase in the period immediately following 9th August,...

We study the liquidity demand of large settlement banks in the UK and its effect on the Sterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of 2007-08. We document that liquidity holdings of the large settlement banks in the UK experienced on average a 30% increase in the period...

We study the liquidity demand of large settlement banks in the UK and its eect on the Sterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of 2007- 08. Liquidity holdings of large settlement banks experienced on average a 30% increase in the period immediately following 9th August,...

Using data on the behavior of large settlement banks in the UK and theSterling Money Markets before and during the sub-prime crisis of2007-08, we provide evidence of precautionary hoarding of liquidity andits e ect on inter-bank borrowing rates. Our evidence consists of threepieces. First, we...