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Are retail prime money market fund investors increasingly more sensitive to stress events?

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  • Kenechukwu E. Anadu
  • John Levin
  • Lina Lu
  • Antoine Malfroy-Camine
  • Nico Oefele

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In this note, we examine the redemption activity of retail investors in prime money market funds, over two stress periods in 2008 and 2020. We find that, on average, retail investors’ redemptions during 2020’s stress period were substantially larger than those from 2008’s.

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  • Kenechukwu E. Anadu & John Levin & Lina Lu & Antoine Malfroy-Camine & Nico Oefele, 2025. "Are retail prime money market fund investors increasingly more sensitive to stress events?," Supervisory Research and Analysis Notes, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue 2025-01, pages 1-15, January.
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