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| Title: | | Financial market implications of the Federal debt paydown  |
| Authors: | | Fleming, Michael J. |
| Issue Date: | | 2001 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 120 |
| Abstract: | | U.S. Treasury securities fill several crucial roles in financial markets: they are a risk-free benchmark, a reference and hedging benchmark, and a reserve asset to the Federal Reserve and other financial institutions. Many of the features that make the Treasury market an attractive benchmark and reserve asset are likely to be adversely affected by the paydown of the federal debt, and recent developments suggest that this may be happening already. Market participants are responding by moving away from Treasuries as a reference and hedging benchmark toward agency debt securities, corporate debt securities, and interest rate swaps. The Federal Reserve is taking steps to adjust its portfolio and should be able to do so with minimal implications for monetary policy. |
| Subjects: | | Treasury market, benchmark, reserve asset, liquidity |
| JEL: | | H63 G14 E52 G12 E43 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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