The role of several theoretical factors in determining the demand of US banks for borrowed reserves from the Fed is empirically investigated. The main objective is to isolate the candidate(s) most likely responsible for the recent observed phenomenon of banks reluctance to borrow from the Fed,...

Microstructure literature suggests common factors in liquidity measures. However, research on the intraday behaviour of liquidity commonality is scant. Because of higher information and inventory holding costs during the first and last half-hours of trading, we argue that liquidity covariations...