This massive wave of
liquidity searching for yield fueled temporary asset - price reflation around the world.
Not exact matches
While these observations suggest that
liquidity conditions may have deteriorated relative to those in 2005 - 06, most observers agree that bid - ask spreads at the time had been unduly narrow owing to market participants»
search for yield in the run - up to the crisis (BIS (2005)-RRB-- an environment bearing some similarities with current conditions (BIS (2014)-RRB-.
While mortgage lenders have tightened their wallets since 2008, corporations have been borrowing with abandon, abetted by trillions of dollars in central bank
liquidity and investors
searching for yield they can no longer find in government bonds or money markets.
Tremendous capital inflow from overseas sovereign wealth funds is creating a
liquidity premium in the primary markets, and pushing many U.S. investors to
search for yield in new regions and property types.