Download This PaperDeterminants of the Spread between Treasury Bill and Private Sector Money Market Rates
FRB Richmond Working Paper No. 79-4, September 1979
31 Pages Posted: 24 Aug 2012
Date Written: April 1980
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons underlying the variable and sometimes very large differentials between United States Treasury bill rates and private sector U.S. money market rates of comparable maturity.
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