Excess Reserves and Monetary Policy Implementation

Roc Armenter () and Benjamin Lester

Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, vol. 23, 212-235

Abstract: In response to the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve resorted to several unconventional policies that drastically altered the landscape of the federal funds market. The current environment, in which depository institutions are flush with excess reserves, has forced policymakers to design a new operational framework for monetary policy implementation. We provide a parsimonious model that captures the key features of the current federal funds market, along with the instruments introduced by the Federal Reserve to implement its target for the federal funds rate. We use this model to analyze the factors that determine rates and volumes under the new implementation framework, and to study the effects of changes in the policy rates and other shocks to the economic environment. We also calibrate the model and use it as a quantitative benchmark for applied analysis, with a particular emphasis on understanding the role of the overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility in supporting the federal funds rate. (Copyright: Elsevier)

Keywords: Excess reserves; Federal funds market; Federal funds rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E43 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2016.11.002

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