The present paper utilizes AnaCredit loan-level data to examine the impact of regional loan market structure on lending rates. The analysis focuses on newly issued loans to small non-financial corporations in the euro area during the monetary policy tightening phase of 2022 and 2023. The...

Using the secured transactions recorded within the Money Markets Statistical Reporting database of the European Central Bank, we test several stylized facts regarding the interbank market of the 47-largest banks in the eurozone. We observe that the surge in the volume of traded evergreen...

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between key macroeconomic indicators, specifically inflation (CPI), the Federal Funds Rate, GDP growth, unemployment, and money supply, and U.S, stock market returns, represented by the S&P 500 index, over the period January 2015 to June 2025, The...

This paper examines the existence and magnitude of an "LCR premium" in Peru's interbank market by exploiting the July 1, 2019 reform that eliminated the punitive outflow weights on repo collateral under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). Using daily transactions from January 2019 to February...

The Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) undertook significant steps to modernize its monetary policy framework by shifting from an exchange rate regime to a monetary targeting regime in 2021. The main objective was to stabilize inflation and manage liquidity effectively, especially after the...

The increasing interdependence between non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) and the banking sector conditions the provision of liquidity in the financial markets. This paper evaluates how the market stress associated to the bankruptcy of one of the most interconnected NBFIs in an emerging...

This paper examines persistence and nonlinearities in the US Federal Funds rate over the period from July 1954 to April 2025 by using fractional integration methods. More precisely, a general model including both deterministic and stochastic components is estimated under alternative assumptions...

Central banks increasingly act as market-makers-of-last-resort, yet the impact and exit of such interventions remain poorly understood. Using euro-area data, we analyze the cycle of market freeze, intervention, and exit in short-term debt markets. A run on money market funds (MMFs) triggered a...

The 2024 Euro money market study provides a comprehensive analysis of euro money markets using trade data from the 45 largest euro area banks. It examines five key segments of the euro money markets: (i) secured transactions - repurchase agreements (repos) and reverse repos, (ii) unsecured cash...

The 2024 Euro money market study provides a comprehensive analysis of euro money markets using trade data from the 45 largest euro area banks. It examines five key segments of the euro money markets: (i) secured transactions - repurchase agreements (repos) and reverse repos, (ii) unsecured cash...

This paper explores the impact of the regulatory leverage ratio (LR) on banks' demand for reserves and thus the pricing of overnight liquidity in the euro area money markets. We use daily transaction-level money market data during the period between January 2017 - February 2023 and examine the...

This paper explores the impact of the regulatory leverage ratio (LR) on banks' demand for reserves and thus the pricing of overnight liquidity in the euro area money markets. We use daily transaction-level money market data during the period between January 2017 February 2023 and examine the two...

Using Credit Default Swaps (CDS) on sovereign bonds, we investigate whether US sovereign default risk is a greater driving factor of domestic interbank funding risk than domestic sovereign default risk across the five Libor counties including Canada and Australia. We use equivalent-country...

We develop a quantitative macroeconomic framework with heterogeneous financial intermediaries and active liquidity management. In the model, banks manage uninsured, idiosyncratic deposit withdrawal risk through an iterative over-the-counter interbank market with endogenous intensive and...

This paper introduces modern readers to ‘banking theory’, that is, to the understanding of the banking system that was held by academics and practitioners in the early years of the twentieth century. This theory contrasts with the theoretic framework that views banks as intermediaries that...

We show that central bank lending against lower quality collateral can improve conditions in the repo market. For identification we take advantage of a pandemic- related temporary extension of the collateral framework of the European Central Bank (ECB), which allows banks to pledge previously...

We analyze the international dimension of repo markets using novel euro area regulatory microdata. Our findings highlight the deep integration of funding markets across the Atlantic and the US dollar's outsized role. Our paper documents five key facts: (1) US dollar repos by euro area entities...

Using the secured transactions recorded within the Money Markets Statistical Reporting database of the European Central Bank, we test several stylized facts regarding the interbank market of the 47-largest banks in the eurozone. We observe that the surge in the volume of traded evergreen...

Using a new series of crypto shocks, we document that money market funds' (MMF) assets under management, and traditional financial market variables more broadly, do not react to crypto shocks, whereas stablecoin market capitalization does. U.S. monetary policy shocks, in contrast, drive...

Investor sentiment has the potential to serve as a predictive factor for cryptocurrency assets, yet its impact on volatility spillover across markets remains uncertain. This research investigates the influence of investor sentiment classification on the volatility spillover from stablecoins to...

Using a new series of crypto shocks, we document that money market funds' (MMF) assets under management, and traditional financial market variables more broadly, do not react to crypto shocks, whereas stablecoin market capitalization does. U.S. monetary policy shocks, in contrast, drive...

This paper reviews the trade-offs involved in the choice of the ECB's monetary policy operational framework. As long as the ECB's supply of reserves remains well in excess of the banks' demand, the ECB will likely continue to employ a floor system for implementing the target interest rate in...