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The Federal Reserve's Discount Window and TAF Programs: "Pushing on a String?"

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  • Berger, Allen N.

    (University of SC and University of PA)

  • Black, Lamont K.

    (DePaul University)

  • Bouwman, Christa H. S.

    (Case Western Reserve University and University of PA)

  • Dlugosz, Jennifer

    (Washington University in St Louis)

Abstract

The Federal Reserve injected unprecedented liquidity into banks during the crisis using the discount window and Term Auction Facility. We examine these facilities' use and effectiveness. We find: small bank users were generally weak, large bank users were not; the funds substituted to a limited degree for other funds; these facilities increased aggregate lending which would have decreased in their absence. The funds enhanced lending of expanding banks and reduced the decline at contracting banks. Small banks increased small-firm lending, while large banks enhanced large-firm lending. Loan quality only improved at small banks, while both left loan contract terms unchanged.

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  • Berger, Allen N. & Black, Lamont K. & Bouwman, Christa H. S. & Dlugosz, Jennifer, 2014. "The Federal Reserve's Discount Window and TAF Programs: "Pushing on a String?"," Working Papers 14-06, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Weiss Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:upafin:14-06
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    1. Hasan, Iftekhar & Wu, Deming, 2016. "Credit default swaps and bank loan sales: evidence from bank syndicated lending," Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 9/2016, Bank of Finland.
    2. Céline Gauthier & Alfred Lehar & Héctor Pérez Saiz & Moez Souissi, 2015. "Emergency Liquidity Facilities, Signalling and Funding Costs," Staff Working Papers 15-44, Bank of Canada.
    3. Claudia Buch & Catherine Koch & Michael Koetter, 2016. "Crises and rescues: liquidity transmission through international banks," BIS Working Papers 576, Bank for International Settlements.
    4. Ken B. Cyree & Mark D. Griffiths & Drew B. Winters, 2017. "Implications of a TAF program stigma for lenders: the case of publicly traded banks versus privately held banks," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 545-567, August.
    5. Kick, Thomas & Koetter, Michael & Storz, Manuela, 2020. "Cross-border transmission of emergency liquidity," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    6. Allen N. Berger & Raluca Roman, 2015. "Did saving Wall Street really save Main Street : the real effects of TARP on local economic conditions," Research Working Paper RWP 15-13, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
    7. Hasan, Iftekhar & Wu, Deming, 2016. "Credit default swaps and bank loan sales: evidence from bank syndicated lending," Research Discussion Papers 9/2016, Bank of Finland.
    8. Wu, Deming, 2015. "The effects of government capital and liquidity support programs on bank lending: Evidence from the syndicated corporate credit market," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 21(C), pages 13-25.
    9. Eric Jondeau & Benoit Mojon & Jean-Guillaume Sahuc, 2020. "Bank Funding Cost and Liquidity Supply Regimes," BIS Working Papers 854, Bank for International Settlements.
    10. William J. Hippler & Shadiya Hossain & M. Kabir Hassan, 2019. "Financial crisis spillover from Wall Street to Main Street: further evidence," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 56(6), pages 1893-1938, June.
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    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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