Showing 31 - 40 of 24,088
When "confidence" is lost, "liquidity dries up." We investigate the meaning of "confidence" and "liquidity" in the context of the current financial crisis. The financial crisis is a manifestation of an age-old problem with private money creation, banking panics. We explain this and provide some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151137
The Panic of 2007-2008 was a run on the sale and repurchase market (the "repo" market), which is a very large, short-term market that provides financing for a wide range of securitization activities and financial institutions. Repo transactions are collateralized, frequently with securitized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151390
When 'confidence' is lost, 'liquidity dries up.' We investigate the meaning of 'confidence' and 'liquidity' in the context of the current financial crisis. The financial crisis is a manifestation of an age-old problem with private money creation, banking panics. We explain this and provide some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151562
All economists should be conversant with "what happened?" during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. We select and summarize 16 documents, including academic papers and reports from regulatory and international agencies. This reading list covers the key facts and mechanisms in the build-up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112036
We document that the percentage of all U.S. assets that are "safe" has remained stable at about 33 percent since 1952. This stable ratio is a rare example of calm in a rapidly changing financial world. Over the same time period, the ratio of U.S. assets to GDP has increased by a factor of 2.5,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112039
All economists should be conversant with “what happened?” during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. We select and summarize 16 documents, including academic papers and reports from regulatory and international agencies. This reading list covers the key facts and mechanisms in the build-up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113222
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492340
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009499816
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308837
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009868