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Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

U.S. money market yields up to one month have shown changes consistent with year-end liquidity preferences. I find that three- and six-month negotiable certificate of deposit (CD), Eurodollar deposit (ED), and banker’s acceptance (BA) yields are also affected by year-end liquidity preferences. Two- and three-month financial commercial paper (CP) yield changes are less pronounced. Banks – CD, ED, and BA issuers – have increased year-end liquidity needs, unlike finance companies – predominant CP issuers. The year-end effect disappears after the 2007-2008 crisis as depositories’ cash holdings increase. CD, ED, and CP yields diverge post-crisis, suggesting that investors no longer consider them close substitutes.

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This article was originally published in Journal of Financial Research 36, no. 2 (2013): 233-51.

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