Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101170 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 379
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
Central banks have had an important role in maintaining financial stability through their lender of last resort role. As lender of last resort, the central bank is given enormous power which is normally tempered by a variety of limits. In the most recent crises in both the United States and euro area, the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) have come under enormous pressure to take lender of last resort actions that exceed these normal bounds. This paper reviews the experience of these two central banks and draws some implications for future policy.
Subjects: 
central banking
financial stability
united states
euro area
federal reserve
european central bank
JEL: 
E5
E58
G28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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