Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act

70 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2020

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Haelim Anderson

Bank Policy Institute

Selman Erol

Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business

Guillermo Ordoñez

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: August 2020

Abstract

Central banks offer public liquidity to banks (through lending facilities and promises of bailouts) with the intention of stabilizing the financial system. However, shadow banks may receive access to that liquidity through an interbank system. We build a model that shows that the public liquidity provision of the Federal Reserve Act increased systemic risk through three channels: by reducing aggregate liquidity, by expanding the whole-sale funding market, and by crowding out the private insurance that had previously served to smooth cross-regional liquidity shocks. Then, using unique data on Virginia state banks that contain detailed disaggregated information on interbank deposits and short-term funds, we show that the introduction of the Federal Reserve System changed the structure and nature of the overall interbank network in ways that are consistent with the model.

Keywords: Dual Banking System, Federal Reserve Act, Shadow Banking, Interbank Networks, Systemic Risk

JEL Classification: G20, E50, N22

Suggested Citation

Anderson, Haelim and Erol, Selman and Ordoñez, Guillermo, Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act (August 2020). FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper No. 2020-07, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3733803 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3733803

Haelim Anderson

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Guillermo Ordoñez

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics ( email )

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