Fischer: liquidity is mostly adequate but there are problem areas

Stanley Fischer - Bank of Israel
Stanley Fischer. Photo: David Vaaknin

Market liquidity looks adequate in most areas but supervisors must be ready for problems that arise due to changing market structures, Federal Reserve vice-chair Stanley Fischer said on November 15.

"Overall, liquidity is adequate by most measures, in most markets, and most of the time," Fischer told a conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

Though he acknowledged "flash events" such as the crash and rebound in Treasury prices in October 2014 appear to be more common, he said

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