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An empirical study of trade dynamics in the fed funds market

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  • Gara M. Afonso
  • Ricardo Lagos

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We use minute-by-minute daily transaction-level payments data to document the cross-sectional and time-series behavior of the estimated prices and quantities negotiated by commercial banks in the fed funds market. We study the frequency and volume of trade, the size distribution of loans, the distribution of bilateral fed funds rates, and the intraday dynamics of the reserve balances held by commercial banks. We find evidence of the importance of the liquidity provision achieved by commercial banks that act as de facto intermediaries of fed funds.

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Keywords: Federal funds market (United States) ; Bank reserves ; Liquidity (Economics) ; Federal funds rate;

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  2. Jonathan Chiu & Cyril Monnet, 2016. "Relationships in the Interbank Market," Staff Working Papers 16-33, Bank of Canada.
  3. Shengxing Zhang & Briana Chang, 2015. "Endogenous Market-making and Formation of Trading Links," 2015 Meeting Papers 1227, Society for Economic Dynamics.
  4. Jochen Güntner, 2013. "The federal funds market, excess reserves, and unconventional monetary policy," Economics working papers 2013-12, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
  5. Julien Hugonnier & Benjamin Lester & Pierre-Olivier Weill, 2014. "Heterogeneity in Decentralized Asset Markets," NBER Working Papers 20746, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Marco van der Leij & Daan in 't Veld & Cars Hommes, 2014. "The Formation of a Core Periphery Structure in Heterogeneous Financial Networks," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-098/II, Tinbergen Institute, revised 11 Aug 2016.

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