Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act
60 Pages Posted: 6 May 2019 Last revised: 17 Aug 2020
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Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act
Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act
Interbank Networks in the Shadows of the Federal Reserve Act
Date Written: August 14, 2020
Abstract
Central banks provide public liquidity to traditional (regulated) banks with the intention of stabilizing the financial system. Shadow banks are not regulated, yet they indirectly access such liquidity through the interbank system. We build a model that shows how public liquidity provision may change the linkages between traditional and shadow banks, increasing systemic risk through three channels: reducing aggregate liquidity, expanding fragile short-term borrowing, and crowding out of private cross-bank insurance. We show that the creation of the Federal Reserve System and the provision of public liquidity changed the structure and nature of the U.S. interbank network in ways that are consistent with the model and its implications. We provide empirical evidence by constructing unique data on balance sheets and detailed disaggregated information on payments and funding connections in Virginia.
Keywords: Dual banking system, Federal Reserve Act, Shadow Banking, Interbank Networks, Systemic Risk
JEL Classification: G20, E50, N22
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