Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46318 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3251
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
An increasing number of central banks implement monetary policy via two standing facilities: a lending facility and a deposit facility. In this paper we show that it is socially optimal to implement a non-zero interest rate spread. We prove this result in a dynamic general equilibrium model where market participants have heterogeneous liquidity needs and where the central bank requires government bonds as collateral. We also calibrate the model and discuss the behavior of the money market rate and the volumes traded at the ECB's deposit and lending facilities in response to the recent financial crisis.
Subjects: 
monetary policy
open market
operations
standing facilities
JEL: 
E52
E58
E59
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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