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Treasury Market Functioning During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Evidence from Collateral Re-use

In March 2020, uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic caused severe stress in U.S. financial markets. Specifically, Fleming and Ruela (2020) document a severe impairment of Treasury market functioning, as indicated by a sharp increase in bid/ask spreads, a decline in market depth, and an increase in price impact measures.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2020-12-04

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What Drives U.S. Treasury Re-use?

We study what drives the re-use of U.S. Treasury securities in the financial system. Using confidential supervisory data, we estimate the degree of collateral re-use at the dealer level through their collateral multiplier : the ratio between a dealer's total secured funding and their outright holdings financed through secured funding. We find that Treasury re-use increases as the supply of available securities decreases, especially when supply declines due to Federal Reserve asset purchases. We also find that non-U.S. dealers' re-use increases when profits from intermediating cash are high, ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2020-103r1

Discussion Paper
Assessment of Dealer Capacity to Intermediate in Treasury and Agency MBS Markets

We provide an assessment of broker-dealers’ current and future capacity to support the smooth functioning of the Treasury and agency MBS markets, considering increases in Treasury issuance and continued Federal Reserve balance sheet normalization. Drawing on regulatory data analysis, recent research, and experiences with fixed income market functioning, we focus on two types of constraints that are most relevant for dealers’ intermediation activities: regulatory constraints—specifically the minimum Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) requirement at the Bank Holding Company (BHC) ...
FEDS Notes , Paper 2024-10-22

Working Paper
What Drives U.S. Treasury Re-use?

We study what drives the re-use of U.S. Treasury securities in the financial system. Using confidential supervisory data, we estimate the degree of collateral re-use at the dealer level through their collateral multiplier : the ratio between a dealer's secured funding and their outright holdings. We find that Treasury re-use increases as the supply of available securities decreases, especially when supply declines due to Federal Reserve asset purchases. We also find that non-U.S. dealers' re-use increases when profits from intermediating cash are high, U.S. dealers' re-use increases when ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2020-103

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