COVID Response: The Primary and Secondary Corporate Credit Facilities

Nina Boyarchenko, Caren Cox, Richard Crump, Andrew Danzig, Anna Kovner, Or Shachar and Patrick Steiner

No 986, Staff Reports from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: The Federal Reserve introduced the Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) in response to the severe disruptions in corporate bond markets triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shutdowns. The Corporate Credit Facilities (CCFs) were designed to work together to restore functioning of credit markets, with an overarching goal of facilitating credit provision to the non-financial corporate sector of the U.S. economy. This paper provides an overview of the CCFs, including detailing the facilities’ design, documenting their operations and usage, and describing their impact on corporate bond markets.

Keywords: Federal Reserve; corporate bond markets; corporate credit facilities; PMCCF; SMCCF; Federal Reserve lending facilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G18 G19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2021-09-01
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Note: This paper was prepared for an upcoming issue of the Economic Policy Review and a related New York Fed conference, “Implications of Federal Reserve Actions in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
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