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The topology of interbank payment flows

We explore the network topology of the interbank payments transferred between commercial banks over the Fedwire® Funds Service. We find that the network is compact despite low connectivity. The network includes a tightly connected core of money-center banks to which all other banks connect. The degree distribution is scale-free over a substantial range. We find that the properties of the network changed considerably in the immediate aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Staff Report ; No. 243

Classification
Wirtschaft
Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: Other
Central Banks and Their Policies
Subject
network, topology, interbank, payment, Fedwire, September 11, 2001
Zahlungsverkehr
Geldmarkt
Netzwerk
USA

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Soramäki, Kimmo
Bech, Morten L.
Arnold, Jeffrey
Glass, Robert J.
Beyeler, Walter E.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(where)
New York, NY
(when)
2006

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Soramäki, Kimmo
  • Bech, Morten L.
  • Arnold, Jeffrey
  • Glass, Robert J.
  • Beyeler, Walter E.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Time of origin

  • 2006

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