• Medientyp: Bericht; E-Book
  • Titel: The Impact of the Term Auction Facility on the Liquidity Risk Premium and Unsecured Interbank Spreads
  • Beteiligte: Syrstad, Olav [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Oslo: Norges Bank, 2014
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 978-82-7553-806-0
  • Schlagwörter: credit premium ; E51 ; LIBOR-OIS spread ; liquidity premium ; E43 ; E41 ; term auction facility
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  • Beschreibung: This paper investigates the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve's Term Auction Facility (TAF) in alleviating the liquidity shortage in USD and reducing the spread between the 3-month Libor rate and the expected policy rate. I construct a proxy for the 3-month liquidity risk premium based on data from the FX forward market which enables me to (i) decompose the Libor spread into a liquidity premium and a credit premium, and (ii) test the effectiveness of the TAF in reducing the liquidity premium in money market spreads. I find that long-term (84-day) TAF auctions were effective in reducing the 3-month liquidity premium. Furthermore, a reduction in the liquidity premium led to a fall in the 3-month Libor spread in USD. Credit risk, however, seems to have been a rather modest factor in explaining the increase in the Libor spread during the financial crisis.
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