Emergency Liquidity Support Facilities

Author/Editor:

Dong He

Publication Date:

April 1, 2000

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper discusses operational aspects of official emergency liquidity support to individual institutions under stress. It argues that properly designed lending procedures, clearly laid-out authority and accountability, as well as disclosures rules, will promote financial stability, reduce moral hazard, and protect the lender of last resort from undue political pressure. Although there may well be good reasons to maintain ambiguity over the conditions for assistance, there are important advantages for developing, and for transition economies to follow a rule-based approach by setting out ex ante the necessary conditions for support, while maintaining that meeting such conditions is not sufficient for receiving support.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2000/079

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

April 1, 2000

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451850192/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0792000

Pages:

36

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