Elasticity and Discipline in the Global Swap Network
26 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Date Written: November 12, 2015
Abstract
This paper sketches the outlines of the new international monetary system that has emerged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. At the center of the system, a network of central bank swaps between the six major central banks serves as an elastic backstop for private foreign exchange operations. Farther out on the periphery, a further network of central bank swaps operates to economize on scarce reserves of the major currencies. Meanwhile, in the private foreign exchange market, basis swaps are emerging as the central location where liquidity is explicitly priced, inside the bounds set by central bank swaps.
JEL Classification: JEL Codes: E58, F33, G15
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