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September 11 Commission Report - Gnostic Liberation Front

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okered RPs, GSCC recorded (after the close of business on <strong>September</strong> <strong>11</strong>) $266 billion in<br />

transactions that apparently failed to settle.… Continuing connectivity problems prevented GSCC<br />

from giving BoNY delivery instructions after the close of business on <strong>September</strong> <strong>11</strong> and prevented<br />

it from acquiring information on activity in its account at BoNY during the day on <strong>September</strong> 12.<br />

Consequently, GSCC recorded $440 billion in settlement fails as of the close of business on<br />

<strong>September</strong> 12.” [When the Back Office Moved to the <strong>Front</strong> Burner: Settlement Fails in the<br />

Treasury Market after 9/<strong>11</strong>, Michael J. Fleming and Kenneth D. Garbade, FRBNY Economic<br />

Policy Review / November 2002, p 46.]<br />

Excessive Balances Increasing the Supply of Money<br />

On over-riding consideration in the Fed’s management of the aftermath of <strong>September</strong> <strong>11</strong> th<br />

was the concentration in account balances at the Federal Reserve.<br />

“It is clear that the concentration in account balances at the Federal Reserve—rising more than<br />

fourteen-fold from its normal levels on the days following the terrorist attacks—was a most unusual<br />

event…. If a large proportion of the balances in the banking system concentrate in one bank’s account,<br />

then other banks will face, all else being equal, higher costs of making payments, or alternatively may<br />

face liquidity constraints on their borrowing, which could preclude their submission of further<br />

payments.” [Liquidity Effects of the Events of <strong>September</strong> <strong>11</strong>, 2001, James J. McAndrews and Simon<br />

M. Potter, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review, November 2002, p65. ]<br />

It may seem a small detail, but note the qualifying statement: “all else being equal.” An<br />

alternative explanation could be to move off-balance sheet liabilities to the balance sheet<br />

and claim the offsetting claims are in the ruble of the World Trade Center.<br />

Chart taken from [Liquidity Effects of the Events of <strong>September</strong> <strong>11</strong>, 2001, James J.<br />

McAndrews and Simon M. Potter, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic<br />

Policy Review, November 2002, p.64.]<br />

THE SEPTEMBER <strong>11</strong> COMMISSION REPORT Page 374

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