The Federal Reserve's operating procedure, nonborrowed reserves, borrowed reserves and the liquidity effect

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1717-1739

  Thornton, Daniel L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrowed reserves; E40; E52; Federal funds rate; Liquidity effect; Nonborrowed reserves; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011196201     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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