Accounting for Covid-19 Related Funding, Credit, Liquidity, and Loan Facilities in the Financial Accounts of the United States

Posted: 18 Aug 2021

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Matthew Hoops

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Robert J. Kurtzman

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: July, 2021

Abstract

Beginning in late February 2020, market liquidity for corporate bonds dried up and corporate bond credit spreads soared amid broad financial market dislocations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The causes of this liquidity dry-up and the spike in corporate bond spreads remain subjects of debate.

Suggested Citation

Hoops, Matthew and Kurtzman, Robert J., Accounting for Covid-19 Related Funding, Credit, Liquidity, and Loan Facilities in the Financial Accounts of the United States (July, 2021). FEDS Notes No. 2021-07-30-1, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3904514 or http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2956

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Robert J. Kurtzman

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Washington, DC 20551
United States

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