Global banks' dollar funding needs and central bank swap lines

BIS Bulletin No 27

9 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2021

See all articles by Iñaki Aldasoro

Iñaki Aldasoro

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Torsten Ehlers

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Monetary and Capital Markets Department; Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Patrick McGuire

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Goetz von Peter

Bank for International Settlements - Research and Policy Analysis

Date Written: July 16, 2020

Abstract

At $13 trillion, the gross dollar liabilities of banks headquartered outside the United States at end-2019 were nearly as high as before the Great Financial Crisis. Most of their dollar funding was booked outside the United States.
We measure non-US banks' short-term dollar funding needs by comparing short-term dollar liabilities (including off-balance sheet FX swaps) with holdings of liquid dollar assets.
The scale of the central bank swap lines are of similar magnitude to banks' short-term dollar funding needs. Swap line usage peaked in May at $449 billion and has subsided since. However, dollar funding needs of corporates may yet reveal a broader need for dollars outside the banking system.

Keywords: dollar funding, central bank swap lines, dollar liquidity

Suggested Citation

Aldasoro, Iñaki and Ehlers, Torsten and McGuire, Patrick M. and von Peter, Goetz, Global banks' dollar funding needs and central bank swap lines (July 16, 2020). BIS Bulletin No 27, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3748457

Iñaki Aldasoro

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Torsten Ehlers (Contact Author)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Monetary and Capital Markets Department ( email )

United States

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

Centralbahnplatz 2
Basel, Basel-Stadt 4002
Switzerland

Patrick M. McGuire

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ( email )

CH-4002 Basel, Basel-Stadt
Switzerland

Goetz Von Peter

Bank for International Settlements - Research and Policy Analysis ( email )

CH-4002 Basel, Basel-Stadt
Switzerland
+ 41 61 280 8840 (Phone)

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