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Safe asset scarcity, collateral reuse, and market functioning

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  • Jank, Stephan
  • Moench, Emanuel
  • Schneider, Michael

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Quantitative easing contributes to safe asset scarcity and repo market specialness. We show that banks respond to scarcity induced by Eurosystem bond purchases by increasing their reuse of these bonds as collateral. While reuse is low, additional reuse dampens scarcity effects. However, repo rates become increasingly sensitive to asset purchases when reuse is high. Elevated reuse also impairs market functioning: it leads to more failures to deliver specific bonds, a higher volatility of repo rates and more pronounced mispricing in the cash bond market. Our results highlight a trade-off between the shock absorption and shock amplification effects of collateral reuse.

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  • Jank, Stephan & Moench, Emanuel & Schneider, Michael, 2022. "Safe asset scarcity, collateral reuse, and market functioning," CEPR Discussion Papers 16439, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:16439
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    Keywords

    Safe assets; Government bonds; Collateral reuse; Rehypothecation; Repo market; Securities lending;
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    JEL classification:

    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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