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Liquidity policies and systemic risk

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The growth of wholesale-funded credit intermediation has motivated liquidity regulations. We analyze a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in which liquidity and capital regulations interact with the supply of risk-free assets. In the model, the endogenously time-varying tightness of liquidity and capital constraints generates intermediaries’ leverage cycle, influencing the pricing of risk and the level of risk in the economy. Our analysis focuses on liquidity policies’ implications for household welfare. Within the context of our model, liquidity requirements are preferable to capital requirements, as tightening liquidity requirements lowers the likelihood of systemic distress without impairing consumption growth. In addition, we find that intermediate ranges of risk-free asset supply achieve higher welfare.

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Length: 44 pages
Date of creation: 01 Dec 2014
Handle: RePEc:fip:fednsr:661
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Keywords: liquidity regulation; systemic risk; DSGE; financial intermediation;

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  1. Covas, Francisco & Driscoll, John C., 2014. "Bank Liquidity and Capital Regulation in General Equilibrium," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2014-85, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  2. Kok, Christoffer & Darracq Pariès, Matthieu & Hałaj, Grzegorz, 2016. "Bank capital structure and the credit channel of central bank asset purchases," Working Paper Series 1916, European Central Bank.
  3. Adrian, Tobias, 2015. "Discussion of “Systemic Risk and the Solvency-Liquidity Nexus of Banks”," Staff Reports 722, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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