The Micromechanics of the Federal Funds Market: Implications for Day-of-the-Week Effects in Funds Rate Variability

Paul A. Spindt; J. Ronald Hoffmeister

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The Micromechanics of the Federal Funds Market: Implications for Day-of-the-Week Effects in Funds Rate Variability

Paul A. Spindt, J. Ronald Hoffmeister

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Abstract

The federal funds rate arguably is the most important interest rate in the U.S. capital market because it plays a central role in monetary policy and the term structure. This paper examines the micromechanics of the funds market. We show that in a continuous market with asynchronous trading, regulatory constraints and accounting conventions that focus agents’ attention on discrete time instants have important implications for the dynamics of trading activity and realized market prices. We also exhibit a model of the market that explains observed regularities in the intertemporal behavior of the funds rate.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	401-416
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2331079
State	Published - Dec 1 1988
Externally published	Yes

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