Market Liquidity after the Financial Crisis

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Tobias Adrian

International Monetary Fund

Michael J. Fleming

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Or Shachar

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Erik Vogt

Citadel LLC

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Date Written: August 2017

Abstract

This paper examines market liquidity in the post-crisis era in light of concerns that regulatory changes might have reduced dealers' ability and willingness to make markets. We begin with a discussion of the broader trading environment, including an overview of regulations and their potential effects on dealer balance sheets and market making, but also considering additional drivers of market liquidity. We document a stagnation of dealer balance sheets after the financial crisis of 2007-09, which occurred concurrently with dealer balance sheet deleveraging. However, using high-frequency trade and quote data for U.S. Treasuries and corporate bonds, we find only limited evidence of a deterioration in market liquidity.

Keywords: corporate bonds, liquidity, market making, regulation, Treasury securities

JEL Classification: G12, G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Adrian, Tobias and Fleming, Michael J. and Shachar, Or and Vogt, Erik, Market Liquidity after the Financial Crisis (August 2017). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12248, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3028614

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