Working Paper
Ambiguity in Securitization Markets
Anderson, Alyssa G. (2015-05-13)
During the financial crisis of 2008, origination and trading in asset-backed securities markets dropped dramatically. I present a model with ambiguity averse investors to explain how such a market freeze could occur and to investigate how ambiguity affects origination and securitization decisions. The model captures many features of the crisis, including market freezes and fire sales, as well as the timing and duration of the freeze. The presence of ambiguity also reduces real economic activity. Lastly, I consider the differing implications of ambiguity and risk, as well as the role of ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2015-33

Discussion Paper
What Happened in Money Markets after the Fed's December Rate Increase?
Anderson, Alyssa G.; Ihrig, Jane E.; Meade, Ellen E.; Weinbach, Gretchen C. (2016-02-22)
At its December 2015 meeting, the Fed's policymaking committee, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate of 25 basis points, the first increase in the policy rate since June 2006.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2016-02-22

Working Paper
Modelling Overnight RRP Participation
Anderson, Alyssa G.; Huther, Jeff W. (2016-02)
We examine how market participants have used the Federal Reserve?s overnight reverse repurchase (ON RRP) exercise and how short-term interest rates have evolved between December 2013 and November 2014. We show that money market fund (MMF) participation is sensitive to the spread between market repo rates and the ON RRP offering rate as well as Treasury bill issuance, government sponsored enterprise (GSE) participation is more heavily driven by calendar effects, dealers tend to only participate when rate spreads are negative, and banks generally do not participate. We also find that the effect ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2016-023

Working Paper
Monetary Policy Implementation and Private Repo Displacement : Evidence from the Overnight Reverse Repurchase Facility
Anderson, Alyssa G.; Kandrac, John (2016-10-31)
In recent years, the scale and scope of major central banks' intervention in financial markets has expanded in unprecedented ways. In this paper, we demonstrate how monetary policy implementation that relies on such intervention in financial markets can displace private transactions. Specifically, we examine the experience with the Federal Reserve's newest policy tool, known as the overnight reverse repurchase (ONRRP) facility, to understand its effects on the repo market. Using exogenous variation in the parameters of the ONRRP facility, we show that participation in the ONRRP comes from ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2016-096

Discussion Paper
What Happened in Money Markets in September 2019?
Anbil, Sriya; Anderson, Alyssa G.; Senyuz, Zeynep (2020-02-27)
In mid-September 2019, overnight money market rates spiked and exhibited significant volatility, amid a large drop in reserves due to the corporate tax date and increases in net Treasury issuance.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2020-02-27

Discussion Paper
How Have the Fed's Three Rate Hikes Passed Through to Selected Short-term Interest Rates?
Anderson, Alyssa G.; Ihrig, Jane E.; Styczynski, Mary-Frances; Weinbach, Gretchen C. (2017-06-02)
Since December 2015, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has increased the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points three times, bringing the target range from 0 to 25 basis points in late 2015 to 75 to 100 basis points in March 2017. This Note examines how this cumulative 75 basis point increase in the target range for the Fed's policy rate has transmitted to other short-term interest rates.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2017-06-02