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The evolution of the Federal Reserve’s Term Auction Facility and FDIC-insured bank utilization

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  • Allen, Kyle D.
  • Hein, Scott E.
  • Whitledge, Matthew D.

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The Term Auction Facility (TAF) was designed by the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis to inject emergency short-term funds into banks, as a supplement to the lender of last resort discount window offerings. We describe how the Federal Reserve altered the design of the Term Auction Facility (TAF) over the course of the financial crisis and examine the utilization of this stand-alone facility. Most specifically we detail the impact of the greatly increased offering amounts in all auctions after October 2008, which resulted in the facility no longer auctioning scarcely available funds. We also document significantly different usage of the facility by FDIC-insured community and non-community banks, consistent with the notion of a two-tiered banking system in the U.S. Community banks were far less likely to use the facility than larger, non-community banks.

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  • Allen, Kyle D. & Hein, Scott E. & Whitledge, Matthew D., 2017. "The evolution of the Federal Reserve’s Term Auction Facility and FDIC-insured bank utilization," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 154-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finsta:v:31:y:2017:i:c:p:154-166
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2017.07.005
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    Keywords

    Federal reserve; Term auction facility; Community bank; Financial crisis; Commercial banks;
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    JEL classification:

    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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