From Lombard Street to Avenida Paulista : Foreign Exchange Liquidity Easing in Brazil in Response to the Global Shock of 2008-09 /

The provision of foreign exchange liquidity by emerging market central banks during the global shock of 2008-09 departs from the domestic liquidity lender of last resort role described by Bagehot in his classic "Lombard Street." This paper documents and analyzes the foreign exchange liquid...

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Main Author: Stone, Mark
Other Authors: Walker, W. Christopher, Yasui, Yosuke
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/259
Online Access:Full text available on IMF