Staff Reports
The Federal Reserve'€™s Commercial Paper Funding Facility
January 2010 Number 423
Revised June 2010
JEL classification: E44, E58, G18

Authors: Tobias Adrian, Karin Kimbrough, and Dina Marchioni

The Federal Reserve created the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) in the midst of severe disruptions in money markets following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. The CPFF financed the purchase of highly rated unsecured and asset-backed commercial paper from eligible issuers via primary dealers. The CPFF was a liquidity backstop to U.S. issuers of commercial paper, and its creation was part of a range of policy actions undertaken by the Federal Reserve to provide liquidity to the financial system. This paper documents aspects of the financial crisis relevant to the creation of the CPFF, reviews the operation of the CPFF, discusses usage of the facility, and draws conclusions for lending of last resort facilities in a market based financial system.

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For a published version of this report, see Tobias Adrian, Karin Kimbrough, and Dina Marchioni, "The Federal Reserve'€™s Commercial Paper Funding Facility," Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review, EPR 17, no. 1: 25-39.

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