Day-To-Day Monetary Policy and the Volatility of the Federal Funds Interest Rate /

We propose a model of the interbank money market with an explicit role for central bank intervention and periodic reserve requirements, and study the interaction of profit-maximizing banks with a central bank targeting interest rates at high frequency. The model yields predictions on biweekly patter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prati, Alessandro
Other Authors: Bartolini, Leonardo, Bertola, Giuseppe
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/206
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