Journal Article
Earnings announcements, private information, and liquidity
Furfine, Craig H. (2006-01)
In this article, the author examines how the price impact of a trade varies throughout the days surrounding public earnings announcements. The results indicate that public news releases correlate with a reduction in the price impact of a trade on the day of the announcement
Economic Perspectives , Volume 30 , Issue Q I , Pages 39-54

Working Paper
Price discovery in a market under stress: the U.S. Treasury market in fall 1998
Remolona, Eli M.; Furfine, Craig H. (2005)
We analyze how price discovery in the inter- dealer market for U.S. Treasury securities differs between stressful times and normal periods. Using tick-by-tick data on inter-dealer transactions in the on-the- run two-year, five-year and 10-year Treasury notes, we find that the impact of trades on prices tends to become significantly stronger on stressful days. This effect remains after accounting for the faster trading, wider spreads, and shallower depth observed on stressful days
Working Paper Series , Paper WP-05-06

Newsletter
Discount window borrowing: understanding recent experience
Furfine, Craig H. (2005-03)
By changing how it operates the discount window, the Fed aims to provide banks with a less burdensome source of short-term funding and to encourage commercial banks to occasionally use the Fed as a source of short-term funds.
Chicago Fed Letter , Issue Mar

Working Paper
Analyzing alternative intraday credit policies in real-time gross settlement systems
Stehm, Jeff; Furfine, Craig H. (1997)
This paper examines a central bank's choice of intraday credit policy for Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems. Formal analysis of central bank objectives and commercial bank payment activity provides insight into both the choice and effects of several possible intraday credit policies. Observed intraday credit policies are interpreted within the context of the model. Among G-10 central banks, different combinations of prices, collateral, and quantity limits have been chosen to manage the supply of intraday credit. Conditions that rationalize these choices are shown to rely on a) central ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 1997-40

Conference Paper
Empirical evidence on the need for a lender of last resort
Furfine, Craig H. (2000)
Proceedings , Paper 674

Conference Paper
Analyzing alternative daylight credit policies in real-time gross settlement systems
Stehm, Jeff; Furfine, Craig H. (1996)
Proceedings , Paper 516

Conference Paper
The costs and benefits of moral suasion: evidence from the rescue of long-term capital management
Furfine, Craig H. (2001)
Proceedings , Paper 725

Conference Paper
Deal complexity, loan performances, and the pricing of commercial mortgage-backed securities
Furfine, Craig H. (2011)
Proceedings , Paper 1124

Journal Article
Decimalization and market liquidity
Furfine, Craig H. (2003-10)
This study examines the stocks of 1, 339 companies that began decimal trading on the NYSE on January 29, 2001. Using the price impact of a trade as a measure of liquidity, the author finds that decimalization typically led to an improvement in liquidity.
Economic Perspectives , Volume 27 , Issue Q IV

Working Paper
When is inter-transaction time informative?
Furfine, Craig H. (2003)
We investigate the information content of inter-transaction time and find that it varies both across stocks and over time. On average, inter-transaction time is found to be informative whenever stocks are sufficiently traded. The magnitude of the information content is found to be larger for less liquid, but still fairly actively traded stocks. In general, trades arriving quickly move prices more than trades arriving more slowly. Further, the information content of inter-transaction time is negatively correlated with proxies for the amount of private information in the trading of a particular ...
Working Paper Series , Paper WP-03-04