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The rationale for central bank liquidity insurance and liquidity regulation

One of the core functions of a central bank is to provide liquidity insurance, often termed the lender of last resort (LLR) function. During and after the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007-09 central banks' role as liquidity insurers evolved. In the aftermath of the crisis, regulation of liquidity risk in the financial sector has been tightened, and central bank policies are under evaluation. This survey gathers insights from the literature on how to design central bank liquidity insuring policies: What institutions to insure, how to price central bank facilities, what collateral to accept, the size of operations, the degree to which they should be on-going facilities or contingent, and the interaction of our liquidity policies with regulation. Some fundamental trade-offs are identified and discussed.

ISBN
978-82-8379-142-6
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Staff Memo ; No. 3/2020

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Liquidity insurance
Lender of last resort
financial crisis
liquidity regulation

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Søvik, Ylva
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Norges Bank
(where)
Oslo
(when)
2020

Handle
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  • Bericht

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  • Søvik, Ylva
  • Norges Bank

Time of origin

  • 2020

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