Asset choice in British central banking history, the myth of the safe asset, and bank regulation

The paper describes the use of commercial bills in Bank of England open-market operations from the earliest days of central banking in the 19th century, when, it is suggested, the Bank of England’s main objective was what would now be called macro-prudential, until the 1980s, when commercial bill...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William A. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Banking and Financial Economics
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Online Access:https://jbfe.wz.uw.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=198261