Explaining Settlement Fails

7 Pages Posted: 26 Oct 2005

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Michael J. Fleming

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Kenneth Garbade

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract

The Federal Reserve now makes available current and historical data on trades in U.S. Treasury and other securities that fail to settle as scheduled. An analysis of the data reveals substantial variation in the frequency of fails over the 1990-2004 period. It also suggests that surges in fails sometimes result from operational disruptions, but often reflect market participants' insufficient incentive to avoid failing.

Keywords: settlement fails, securities lending, repurchase agreements, Treasury securities

JEL Classification: G18, G28

Suggested Citation

Fleming, Michael J. and Garbade, Kenneth, Explaining Settlement Fails. Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 11, No. 9, September 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=828987

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Kenneth Garbade

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