02389cas a2200337 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022162 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781589068452 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Huser, Anne-Caroline. How Does the Repo Market Behave Under Stress? : Evidence From the COVID-19 Crisis / Anne-Caroline Huser, Caterina Lepore, Luitgard Veraart. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We examine how the repo market operates during liquidity stress by applying network analysis to novel transaction-level data of the overnight gilt repo market including the COVID-19 crisis. During this crisis, the repo network becomes more connected, with most institutions relying on existing trade relationships to transact. There are however significant changes in the repo volumes and spreads during the stress relative to normal times. We find a significant increase in volumes traded in the cleared segment of the market. This reflects a preference for dealers and banks to transact in the cleared rather than the bilateral segment. Funding decreases towards non-banks, only increasing for hedge funds. Further, spreads are higher when dealers and banks lend to rather than borrow from non-banks. Our results can inform the policy debate around the behaviour of banks and non-banks in recent liquidity stress and on widening participation in CCPs by nonbanks. Mode of access: Internet Banks imf Depository Institutions imf Financial Crises imf Foreign Exchange imf Micro Finance Institutions imf Network Formation and Analysis imf Lepore, Caterina. Veraart, Luitgard. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/267 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/267/001.2021.issue-267-en.xml IMF e-Library