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It isn't exactly tightening. But the RRP facility does drain liquidity in 24 hour segments. It presents an interesting risk. Here is a quote from a paper at
by testfoobar 5y ago
It isn't exactly tightening. But the RRP facility does drain liquidity in 24 hour segments. It presents an interesting risk.
Here is a quote from a paper at the Federal Reserve itself from 2015:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/feds/2015/files/2015010pap.pdf https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/feds/2015/files/2...
"However, a facility that could allow a very rapid and unexpected expansion of ON RRP might
exacerbate disruptive flight-to-quality flows during a period of financial stress and thus could
undermine financial stability. Market observers and policymakers both have described such
risks. For example, the Minutes of the June 2014 FOMC meeting state that “[m]ost participants
expressed concerns that in times of financial stress, the facility’s counterparties could shift
investments toward the facility and away from financial and nonfinancial corporations, possibly
causing disruptions in funding that could magnify the stress” (FOMC 2014a). "