Deposits are moving and the collateral market is closed

2031The near futureDeadline · 36 hours until Monday market open

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The question to decide

Token deposits keep leaving small banks over the weekend, but the market for collateral assets is closed. It is unclear whether this is a temporary shortage of funds or an actual loss of assets. To keep payments running, how much risk must the public sector take on, and may repayment be slowed to reduce that risk?

Who decidesUnion central bank policy meeting

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The options

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Option 1
Broad temporary liquidity
Payments continue, but the public sector absorbs the loss risk.
Option 2
Support conditional on collateral and limits
Risk is limited, but some payment delays are accepted.
Option 3
Cap the speed of repayment
Buys assessment time, but changes the currency's availability.

The situation as it stands

Bank tokens can be transferred even on weekends, but the collateral asset market is closed. Deadline: 36 hours until Monday market open.

Fictional Currency Union · Payment System

Premise 1Bank tokens can be transferred even on weekends, but the collateral asset market is closed.
Premise 2Deposits at two regional banks are moving quickly to a large payment operator.
Premise 3With the current data, a liquidity shortage cannot be distinguished from asset losses.

Where it holdsSets the conditions for liquidity facilities and payment operating rules. Financial rescue of loss-making firms is a power of the parliament.

What is still unknown

Unknown 1The actual collateral value and the scale of overlapping commitments
Unknown 2The degree to which the speed limit moves instability to other institutions

Signals to decide again

Decide what observations, owners, and confirmation windows will establish 「the actual collateral value and the scale of overlapping commitments」, and reassess if the new confirmation changes the trade-offs among the options.
Decide what observations, owners, and confirmation windows will establish 「the degree to which the speed limit moves instability to other institutions」, and reassess if the new confirmation changes the trade-offs among the options.

Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point

Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

An independent assessment confirms one bank's collateral shortfall.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

A private payment operator proposes joining the joint liquidity window.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents

symbolic and interpretive frame · Midas

What use value is lost while exchange value is gained?

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Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

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The record of this question

Question: FSP-MONEY-01 · version 1.2.0
Content identity, SHA-256: c79a6861b3c0ab4737c4b09e273eca8968d4b47a994fd94dd1448e79d76d4cef
Input files: Question input JSON · What followed, JSON

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