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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812314703321

Autore

Hesse Heiko

Titolo

The Effectiveness of Central Bank Interventions During the First Phase of the Subprime Crisis / / Heiko Hesse, Nathaniel Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-3457-1

9786612844126

1-282-84412-1

1-4518-7353-0

1-4527-3694-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

28 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankNathaniel

Disciplina

332.1;332.11

Soggetti

Banks and banking, Central

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Subprime mortgage loans

Liquidity (Economics)

Monetary policy

Banks and Banking

Finance: General

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Portfolio Choice

Investment Decisions

Finance

Banking

Money markets

Interbank rates

Interbank markets

Liquidity

Money market

Interest rates

International finance

Banks and banking

Economics



United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2009."

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Review of Developments and Policy Interventions -- III. Empirical Analysis -- IV. Bivariate GARCH Framework -- V. Policy Implications and Conclusions -- References -- Figures -- 1. U.S., U.K., and Euro  Area Libor-OIS Spreads -- 2. Decomposition of U.S. and Euro Area Libor-OIS Spreads -- 3. Decomposition of Libor-OIS Spreads -- 4. Markov Switching Mean-Variance Model for Euro Area and U.S. Libor-OIS Spreads -- 5. Markov Switching ARCH Model for Euro Area and U.S. Libor-OIS Spreads -- 6. Impulse Response Functions of Bivariate VAR Model -- Tables -- 1. Markov Switching  Parameters for Levels and Volatility Models -- 2. Bivariate VAR Model -- 3. Impact of Central Bank Interventions on LIBOR-OIS Spreads.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper provides evidence that central bank interventions had a statistically significant impact on easing stress in unsecured interbank markets during the first phase of the subprime crisis which began in July 2007. Extraordinary liquidity provisions, such as the Term Auction Facility by the Federal Reserve, are analyzed. First a decomposition of the Libor-OIS spread indicates that credit premia increased in importance as the crisis deepened. Second, using Markov switching models, central bank operations are then graphically associated with reductions in term funding stress. Finally, bivariate VAR and GARCH models are adopted to econometrically quantified these impacts. While helpful in compressing Libor spreads, the economic magnitudes of central interventions have overall not been very large.