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Reading Perry Mehrling: Where’s My Swap Line? [Ep. 151, Macropiece Theater]

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Chapter 3 - Lender of Last Resort

Banks use deposit liabilities to fund longer-term lending and securities holding on the asset side of their balance sheets. Once there is a money market, banks can systematically expand their asset holdings beyond their deposit-based. It follows that breakdown of the money market threatens not only operation of the payments system, but also the operation of the credit system more generally.

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