Channel Systems: Why is There a Positive Spread?

40 Pages Posted: 17 Nov 2010

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Aleksander Berentsen

University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Alessandro Marchesiani

University of Bath - Department of Economics

Christopher J. Waller

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics

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Date Written: November 1, 2010

Abstract

An increasing number of central banks implement monetary policy via two standing facilities: a lending facility and a deposit facility. In this paper we show that it is socially optimal to implement a non-zero interest rate spread. We prove this result in a dynamic general equilibrium model where market participants have heterogeneous liquidity needs and where the central bank requires government bonds as collateral. We also calibrate the model and discuss the behavior of the money market rate and the volumes traded at the ECB’s deposit and lending facilities in response to the recent financial crisis.

Keywords: Monetary policy, open market operations, standing facilities

JEL Classification: E52, E58, E59

Suggested Citation

Berentsen, Aleksander and Marchesiani, Alessandro and Waller, Christopher J., Channel Systems: Why is There a Positive Spread? (November 1, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1709303 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1709303

Aleksander Berentsen (Contact Author)

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Alessandro Marchesiani

University of Bath - Department of Economics ( email )

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Christopher J. Waller

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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