Balance Sheets

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Severely Adverse stress test

-7.5% GDP growth, 10% unemployment, 30% drop in housing prices, 65% drop in stock market

CP Backup line of credit

Agreement where a bank will lend money to the issuer if they need to redeem a commercial paper at maturity

Calculating interest on a borrow

Interest rate * borrowed amount / 360

Upward spike

Not enough reserves, buy securities

Tightening

Reducing the size of the balance sheet by selling securities

Asset Backed Securities

Securities where cash flows come from loans, student loans, auto loans, etc.

Stress tests

Tests given to D-SIB banks to ensure their stability

Pair Trading

Unknown term

CP/Commercial Paper facility

Unsecured notes that mature before 9 months/270 days

Easing

Fed enlarges their balance sheet/money supply by buying securities

Raising interest rates

Fed pays interest on reserve balances at the Fed

Investments

Financial claims including bonds, securities, treasuries

Loans

Financial claims that are riskier/less liquid

M1

Focuses on immediately spendable money

M2

Includes M1 plus assets that can be converted to liquid assets within a few days

Cash drains

Increased cash holdings by the public, decreasing reserves

Fed funds rate

Interest rate set by the Fed in the fed funds market

SubPrime mortgages

Lending to people with a FICO credit score of less than 640

Monetary vs. Fiscal Policy

Monetary: actions of the central bank, Fiscal: tax and spending policies of the government

Goals of Monetary Policy

Price stability, full employment, economic growth, interest rate stability, financial system stability, foreign exchange stability

Repurchase agreements

Securities sold to the Fed can be rebought by the bank

Teaser rates

System where after 2 years, rates reset to pay less per month

Money supply

Total amount of money in the economy

Velocity of money

Velocity * Money supply = GDP

Bank insolvency

When a bank's liabilities exceed its assets

Adverse stress test

-2.25% GDP growth, 7% unemployment, 12% drop in housing prices, 30% drop in stock market

Illiquidity

Assets a bank owns are illiquid

Technical factors

Factors beyond the control of the Fed that affect the banking system

Other borrowings

Include repurchase agreements and long-term debt

Downward spike

Too many securities, sell securities

Capital Adequacy

Banks must satisfy capital adequacy ratios, e.g., Tier 1 leverage ratio

Domestic systemically important banks (D-SIB's)

Banks that would cause a financial crisis if they fail

Keynesian Economics

Belief that interest rate is the key variable

Monetarist Economics

Belief that money supply is a key explanatory variable

Tier 1 leverage ratio

Capital/Total assets must be greater than 5%-8%

Treasury deposit

Corps pay a lot of taxes, drastically reducing depository balances

Monetary base

Currency + depository institution balances at the Fed

Pick-a-pay

Customer decides how much they want to pay

Bank shutdown

When a bank gets shut down by regulators


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