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The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0133859997
book The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin cover

The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets 4th Edition by Frederic Mishkin

Edition 4ISBN: 978-0133859997
Exercise 24
During 2008, the difference in yield (the yield spread ) between three-month AA-rated financial commercial paper and three-month AA-rated nonfinancial commercial paper steadily increased from its usual level of close to zero, spiking to over a full percentage point at its peak in October 2008. What explains this sudden increase?
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