Financial Plumbing and Monetary Policy

June 20, 2014

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Manmohan Singh. Financial Plumbing and Monetary Policy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 12, 2024

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Summary

This paper focuses on how changes in financial plumbing of the markets may impact the monetary policy options as central banks contemplate lift off from zero lower bound (ZLB). Under the proposed regulations, banks will face leverage ratio constraints. As a result of quantitative easing (QE), banks want balance sheet “space” for financial intermediation/ non-depository activities. At the same time, regulatory changes are boosting demand for high quality liquid assets. The paper also discusses the role of repo markets and the importance of collateral velocity and the need to avoid wedges between repo and monetary policy rates when leaving ZLB.

Subject: Banking, Central bank policy rate, Collateral, Financial institutions, Financial services, Financial statements, Hedge funds, Public financial management (PFM), Repo rates

Keywords: Balance sheet, Bank, Central bank policy rate, Collateral, Collateral velocity, Excess reserves, Fed assets, Fed liability, Federal Reserve, Financial statements, GC repo, Global, Hedge funds, Market, Monetary policy, Nonbank nexus, Quantitative easing, Rate, Repo, Repo market, Repo rate, Repo rates, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

18
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2014/111
Stock No:

WPIEA2014111
ISBN:

9781498367134
ISSN:

1018-5941

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