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title: Feds SMCCF Analysis
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5194501/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5194501
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5194501
featured: 2025-03-26
citations: unknown
topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
---


# Feds SMCCF Analysis

The effectiveness of the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility in stabilizing the US corporate bond market during the COVID-19 pandemic is analyzed, highlighting the positive impact of the Federal Reserve's actions.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5194501
- Identifier: SSRN 5194501
- Released: 2025-03-26
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 90 (2025-03-26): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-03-26/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Risk, Credit & Banking

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