From IDEAGlobal, FX Alert, August 21:MONEY MARKET DISLOCATION WORSE THAN IN 1998The spread between the 3 months cash rate and
the policy rate in the US, Eurozone and UK has
jumped during this period of financial turbulence
more than it did on the occasion of the Russian
default/LTCM debacle in 1998. A similar pattern
can be observed also for the spread between O/N
rate and the policy rate. This is due to the
dislocation observed in the money markets around
the world originated by the...