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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Liquidity in the Repo Market
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Lucas Marc Fuhrer
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of International Money and Finance
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0261-5606
Volume 84
Page Range 1 - 22
Date 2018
Abstract Text This paper examines liquidity in the Swiss franc repurchase (repo) market and assesses its determinants using a proprietary dataset ranging from 2006 to 2016. I find that repo market liquidity has a distinct intraday pattern, with low liquidity in early and late trading hours. Moreover, repo market liquidity is negatively affected by stress in the global financial system and the end of the minimum reserve requirement period if central bank reserves are scarce. Furthermore, I show that with excess central bank reserves in the financial system, quoted volumes in the interbank market get imbalanced towards more cash provider relative to cash taker quotes and the trading volume declines. By estimating liquidity in an interbank repo market and explaining its drivers, this paper contributes to the ongoing debate on repo market functioning.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.02.005
Other Identification Number merlin-id:15906
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Keywords Economics and Econometrics, Finance