Open Market Operations

An open market operation (OMO) is an activity by a central bank to give (or take) liquidity in its currency to (or from) a bank or a group of banks. The central bank can either buy or sell government bonds in the open market (this is where the name was historically derived from) or, in what is now mostly the preferred solution, enter into a repo or secured lending transaction with a commercial bank: the central bank gives the money as a deposit for a defined period and synchronously takes an eligible asset as collateral. Central banks usually use OMO …

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NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 6 July 2024 English

This feedback loop between the financial system and the real economy created a macro-financial spiral, amplifying the impact of the initial shock from the defaults of IL&FS and DHFL. [...] …

aggregate liquidity into the system through open market operations and (2) encouraging banks in turn to channel


NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 6 July 2024 English

Disclaimer: The papers and the associated comments represent the views of the individual authors and do not imply agreement by the IPF Editors or the Governing Body, officers, or staff …

aggregate liquidity into the system through open market operations and (2) encouraging banks in turn to channel


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 26 June 2024 English

Zambia faces a severe drought that has significantly impacted agriculture and electricity generation and affected a substantial share of the population, leading the President to declare it a national disaster …

overnight liquidity facility (OLF) as open market operations (OMOs) were suspended.4, 5 Text Figure


World Bank Group · 24 June 2024 English

At 5.1 percent in Q1-2024, GDP growth remains resilient surpassing the middle-income countries’ average. Robust private consumption accounted for 57 percent of GDP growth. This reflects consumer confidence supported by …

liquidity remain ample as BI conducts regular open market operations to drain excess liquidity and maintain


World Bank Group · 21 June 2024 English

At 5.1 percent in Q1-2024, GDP growth remains resilient surpassing the middle-income countries' average. Robust private consumption accounted for 57 percent of GDP growth. This reflects consumer confidence supported by …

liquidity remain ample as BI conducts regular open market operations to drain excess liquidity and maintain


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 21 June 2024 English

Financial dollarization is considered a source of macroeconomic instability in many emerging economies. Dollarization constrains the ability of central banks to stimulate output during economic downturns. In contrast to the …

assumption of “Wallace neutrality”, where open market operations are ineffective under frictionless financial 1981. ”A Modigliani-Miller Theorem for Open-Market Operations,” American Economic Review, vol. 71(3)


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 21 June 2024 English

Inflation targets were introduced well ahead of the development of the theory of inflation targeting. The practice was successful because it comprised a new set of procedures and institutions for …

unconventional monetary policy is unfortunate. Open market operations to buy or sell government securities has


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 20 June 2024 English

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Horton. 2 Including but not limited to open market operations, forward guidance, and term funding facilities


IGIDR: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research · 15 June 2024 English

Hawtrey is now remembered by the majority of our profession, if not as the originator, certainly as the chief proponent of the monetary theory of the trade cycle. [...] The …

the Purvis Principle7. Hawtrey emphasized open market operations as the best (or perhaps the only) way to a clear distinction between traditional open market operations and these special open market purchases


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 14 June 2024 English

This report investigates how the EU should deal with shockflation - inflation unleashed by shocks to systemically significant prices such as energy and food. We argue that the ECB’s monetary …

futures and other derivatives through open market operations. European storage facilities with equitable


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