The US as 'Sovereign International Last-Resort Lender': The Fed's Currency Swap Programme during the Great Panic of 2007-09

New Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-178

  McDowell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

central banking; currency; Federal Reserve; financial crises; hegemony; international lender of last resort

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; CURRENCY MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; HEGEMONY; INTEREST RATE; LENDING BEHAVIOR; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860336107     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2010.542235     Document Type: Article

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