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Are retail prime money market fund investors increasingly more sensitive to stress events?
In this note, we examine the redemption activity of retail investors in prime money market funds, over two stress periods in 2008 and 2020. We find that, on average, retail investors’ redemptions during 2020’s stress period were substantially larger than those from 2008’s.
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Money Market Fund Reform: Dealing with the Fundamental Problem
After the events in March 2020, it became clear to policymakers that the 2014 reform of the money market funds (MMFs) industry had not successfully addressed all associated stability concerns related to surges in withdrawals. In December 2021, the SEC proposed a new set of rules governing how money market funds can operate. A fundamental problem behind the instability of (some) money market funds is the expectation that backstop liquidity support will be provided by the government in the event of financial distress, along with the government's inability to credibly commit to not provide such ...