Trésor-Economics No. 117 - Are safe assets to become scarcer?
Safe assets, i.e. highly liquid assets with a very low default risk, play a key role in the global financial system. They can, for example, offer a safe haven to investors or be used as collateral in transactions between financial entities.With some of these assets losing their risk-free status in the wake of the recent financial crisis, and with demand for safe assets expected to exhibit structur... Lire la suite