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The Demand for Excess Reserves
Author(s) -
Dow James P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2001.tb00363.x
Subject(s) - excess reserves , clearing , economics , monetary economics , natural resource economics , federal funds , bank reserves , broad money , monetary policy , reserve requirement , central bank , finance
This paper provides an estimate of the demand for excess reserves in the United States. It finds that excess reserves are negatively related to the Federal funds rate and positively related to transactions deposits. It also finds that clearing needs significantly affect the demand for reserves with increases in excess reserves coming in response to lower required reserve balances and higher clearing volume. Some implications for monetary policy are discussed.