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The Fed and other major central banks used coordinated swap lines to provide more global US dollar liquidity as dollar funding markets came under stress from COVID-19. The piece describes how swap agreements work and reviews past crisis programs.
It also lists features countries consider when entering a swap line.
Swap lines ease dollar funding shortages that can force selling of assets and commodities. Stabilized dollar liquidity reduces the risk of a sudden dollar spike that would hurt dollar-priced commodities.
som.yale.edu26 mar 2020Tras 41 eventos de política pasados, Dólar estadounidense (amplio) se movió una mediana de -0,2 % en 5 sesiones (44% al alza; mitad central entre -0,6 % y +0,4 %), y +0,3 % en 20.
Variaciones de la referencia de cada materia prima desde el último cierre antes del evento. Las lecturas históricas agrupan eventos pasados del mismo tipo; describen lo ocurrido, no lo que ocurrirá. No es asesoramiento de inversión.
Expanded central bank swap lines supplied dollar liquidity and reduced the scramble for dollars.
Coordinated central bank swap lines expanded dollar liquidity on the same date, easing the dollar funding squeeze and reducing safe-haven dollar demand.
