The U.S. Money Market and the Term Auction Facility in the Financial Crisis of 2007-–2009
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The interbank money market in the United States and Europe became turbulent during the financial crisis of 2007-–2009, with the counterparty default risk premiums and liquidity premiums of short-term financing among major financial institutions rising sharply to unprecedented levels. Using various measures of macroeconomic and financial risks, I find that the surges in counterparty risk premiums were predominantly driven by heightened uncertainties about the macroeconomy and financial market, as well as underlying mortgage default risks. The new liquidity facility that the Federal Reserve established, the Term Auction Facility, significantly relieved the strains in the money market, primarily through lowering banks' liquidity concerns. Its effect on the counterparty risk premiums, however, has been quite limited. © 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Download Info
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Volume (Year): 93 (2011)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 617-631
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