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The Contagion Concoction: The Truth About Runs and the Great Financial Crisis (CMFA Working Paper No. 006)

The CMFA Working Paper Series/February 2, 2022June 19, 2022

 

moneyness, repos, reverse repos, shadow banking, shadow money
Economic Thought, Financial Markets

On "Shadow Money"

Julien Noizet/May 24, 2016June 19, 2022 /5 Comments

The shadow banking literature has vastly and rapidly expanded since the financial crisis, and has produced some interesting pieces, as well as some exaggerated claims, in my view.  While I am not writing today to address those claims, I still wish to question a closely linked concept…

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Blockchain, Chris Giancarlo, collateral chains, rehypothecation, systemic leverage
Digital Money, Financial Markets

Why Financial Regulators Are Warming to Blockchains – And Rightfully So

Caitlin Long/April 26, 2016June 19, 2022 /11 Comments

Financial industry regulators around the world are beginning to embrace the reality that blockchain technology will help them do their jobs, as well they should.  I write this post as a 22-year veteran of Wall Street who is passionate about market structure, and who has seen the…

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