Author : Asani Sarkar
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437930948
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Book Synopsis Financial Amplification Mechanisms and the Federal Reserve's Supply of Liquidity During the Crisis by : Asani Sarkar
Download or read book Financial Amplification Mechanisms and the Federal Reserve's Supply of Liquidity During the Crisis written by Asani Sarkar and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The small decline in the value of mortgage-related assets relative to the large total losses assoc. with the financial crisis suggests the presence of financial amplification mechanisms (FAM), which allow relatively small shocks to propagate through the financial system. The Federal Reserve¿s (FR) early-stage liquidity programs worked to dampen the balance sheet FAM arising from the positive feedback between financial constraints and asset prices. The FR¿s later-stage crisis programs takes into account adverse-selection FAM that operate via increases in credit risk and the externality imposed by risky borrowers on safe ones. New evidence suggests that increases in the FR¿s liquidity supply reduce interest rates during periods of high liquidity risk. Illus.