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The Impact of Corporate QE on Liquidity: Evidence from the UK

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  • Lena Boneva
  • David Elliott
  • Iryna Kaminska
  • Oliver Linton
  • Nick McLaren
  • Ben Morley

Abstract

There is substantial uncertainty about the impact of quantitative easing on market liquidity. Identifying the impact is particularly challenging due to the potential for reverse causality, because liquidity considerations might affect quantitative easing purchases. We address this challenge by studying the Bank of England’s 2016–7 Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme. In particular, we use granular offer-level data from the Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme auctions to construct proxy measures for the Bank of England's demand for bonds and auction participants’ supply of bonds, allowing us to control for any reverse causality from liquidity to purchases. We find that Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme purchases improved the liquidity of purchased bonds.

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  • Lena Boneva & David Elliott & Iryna Kaminska & Oliver Linton & Nick McLaren & Ben Morley, 2022. "The Impact of Corporate QE on Liquidity: Evidence from the UK," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(648), pages 2615-2643.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:econjl:v:132:y:2022:i:648:p:2615-2643.
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    1. Boneva, Lena & Islami, Mevlud & Schlepper, Kathi, 2024. "Liquidity in the German corporate bond market: Has the CSPP made a difference?," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    2. Joost Bats, 2020. "Corporates dependence on banks: The impact of ECB corporate sector purchases," Working Papers 667, DNB.
    3. Andrew Bailey & Jonathan Bridges & Richard Harrison & Josh Jones & Aakash Mankodi, 2020. "The central bank balance sheet as a policy tool: past, present and future," Bank of England working papers 899, Bank of England.
    4. Koji Takahashi & Sumiko Takaoka, 2025. "Corporate Bond Purchase Program and Corporate Debt Issuance: Evidence from Japanese Corporate Bond Marketing News," IMES Discussion Paper Series 25-E-11, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan.
    5. Christensen, Jens H.E. & Gillan, James M., 2022. "Does quantitative easing affect market liquidity?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    6. Domenech Palacios, Mar, 2025. "Firms’ risk and monetary transmission: revisiting the excess bond premium," Working Paper Series 3118, European Central Bank.
    7. Stefania D’Amico & Iryna Kaminska, 2019. "Credit easing versus quantitative easing: evidence from corporate and government bond purchase programs," Bank of England working papers 825, Bank of England.
    8. Andrew Bailey & Jonathan Bridges & Richard Harrison & Josh Jones & Aakash Mankodi, 2025. "The Central Bank Balance Sheet As a Policy Tool: Lessons From the Bank of England's Experience," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 67(1), pages 5-30, April.
    9. Patrick Aldridge & David Cimon & Rishi Vala, 2023. "Central Bank Crisis Interventions: A Review of the Recent Literature on Potential Costs," Discussion Papers 2023-30, Bank of Canada.

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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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