’s interventions during different stages of the crisis in terms of this literature. We interpret the Fed’s early-stage liquidity … periods of high liquidity risk. In contrast, reductions in the Fed’s liquidity supply in 2009 did not increase the spread. Our … analysis has implications for the impact on asset prices of a potential withdrawal of liquidity supply by the Fed. -- Financial …

"Financial systems are inherently fragile because of the very function which makes them valuable: liquidity … transformation. Regulatory reforms can strengthen the financial system and decrease the risk of liquidity crises, but they cannot … between monetary policy and liquidity transformation 'optimal' monetary policy would consist of a modified Taylor rule in …