An empirical study of trade dynamics in the interbank market

Gara Afonso and Ricardo Lagos

No 550, Staff Reports from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: We use minute-by-minute daily transaction-level payments data to document the cross-sectional and time-series behavior of the estimated prices and quantities negotiated by commercial banks in the fed funds market. We study the frequency and volume of trade, the size distribution of loans, the distribution of bilateral fed funds rates, and the intraday dynamics of the reserve balances held by commercial banks. We find evidence of the importance of the liquidity provision achieved by commercial banks that act as de facto intermediaries of fed funds.

Keywords: federal funds rates; federal funds market; monetary policy; interbank markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E44 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2012
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Note: Previous title: “An Empirical Study of Trade Dynamics in the Fed Funds Market”
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