Arbeitspapier

The provision of liquidity in the Swedish note-banking system

The working of the asset currency provided by the Swedish note banking system in 1878-1901 is described. Natural and institutional conditions caused the demand for currency to peak in March and September, with troughs in July and January. The paper investigates how the Enskilda banks provided liquidity to solve the problem. This is done by describing how the volume of notes varied over the year, and how other balance sheet items co-moved with them. Strong seasonal co-variation is found particularly between lending and foreign payments media, varying like communicating vessels over the sailing season in May-October (when the sea was ice free and shipments were made).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 613

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: Pre-1913
Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: Europe: Pre-1913
Thema
Free banking
Elastic currency
Asset currency
Clearing mechanism
Note competition
Needs of trade
Lender of last resort
Sailing season
Free Banking
Bankgeschichte
Schweden

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hortlund, Per
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2005

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hortlund, Per
  • Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)

Entstanden

  • 2005

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