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Behind the money market: clearing and settling money market instruments


Abstract: When a money market instrument is traded, the clearing and settlement process establishes the change in ownership. Because the process involves both costs and risks, money market participants have developed means of making clearing and settlement more efficient and less risky.

Keywords: Money market; Payment systems;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1992

Volume: 78

Issue: Sep

Pages: 3-11