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How Does the Repo Market Behave Under Stress? Evidence From the COVID-19 Crisis

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  • Anne-Caroline Hüser
  • Caterina Lepore
  • Luitgard Veraart

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We examine how the repo market operates during liquidity stress by applying network analysis to novel transaction-level data of the overnight gilt repo market including the COVID-19 crisis. During this crisis, the repo network becomes more connected, with most institutions relying on existing trade relationships to transact. There are however significant changes in the repo volumes and spreads during the stress relative to normal times. We find a significant increase in volumes traded in the cleared segment of the market. This reflects a preference for dealers and banks to transact in the cleared rather than the bilateral segment. Funding decreases towards non-banks, only increasing for hedge funds. Further, spreads are higher when dealers and banks lend to rather than borrow from non-banks. Our results can inform the policy debate around the behaviour of banks and non-banks in recent liquidity stress and on widening participation in CCPs by nonbanks.

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  • Anne-Caroline Hüser & Caterina Lepore & Luitgard Veraart, 2021. "How Does the Repo Market Behave Under Stress? Evidence From the COVID-19 Crisis," IMF Working Papers 2021/267, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2021/267
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    1. Bassi, Claudio & Behn, Markus & Grill, Michael & Waibel, Martin, 2024. "Window dressing of regulatory metrics: Evidence from repo markets," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    2. Schuler, Katrin & Nadler, Matthias & Schär, Fabian, 2023. "Contagion and loss redistribution in crypto asset markets," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    3. Thanassoulis, John & Erten, Irem & Neamtu, Ioana, 2022. "The Ring-Fencing Bonus," CEPR Discussion Papers 17625, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Evangelos Benos & Gerardo Ferrara & Angelo Ranaldo, 2022. "Collateral Cycles," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series 22-91, Swiss Finance Institute.
    5. Bassi, Claudio & Grill, Michael & Mirza, Harun & O’Donnell, Charles & Wedow, Michael & Hermes, Felix, 2024. "Enhancing repo market transparency: the EU Securities Financing Transactions Regulation," Occasional Paper Series 342, European Central Bank.
    6. Gerba, Eddie & Katsoulis, Petros, 2021. "The repo market under Basel III," Bank of England working papers 954, Bank of England.

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    Keywords

    repo market; repo network; gilt dealer; policy debate; repo transaction; COVID-19; Currencies; Hedge funds; Central counterparty clearing house; Liquidity;
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