Government Bonds, Bank Liquidity and Non-Neutrality of Monetary Policy in the Steady

Tianxi Wang

Economics Discussion Papers from University of Essex, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper studies non-neutrality of monetary policy in a model where fiat money is used by banks to meet liquidity demand and a government bond to collateralize reserve borrowing. It finds that if some banks are liquidity constrained, any monetary policy that alters the bond-to-fiat money ratio moves the interbank rate and is non-neutral in the steady state. Moreover, the effect for liquidity un-constrained banks is the opposite of that for the maximally constrained. Lastly, if the expansion of digital ways of payment eliminates depositor withdrawals, fiat money will stop circulation and a bullion standard will probably return.

Date: 2021-01-12
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