Chris Plantier

Chris Plantier is a senior economist in ICI’s Research Department.

Chris Plantier is a senior economist in ICI’s Research Department.

Viewpoints by this Author

The “Waterfall Theory” of Liquidity Management Doesn’t Hold Water
Models vs. the Real World—Why Bond Funds Aren’t the Bond Market
New Research by New York Fed Confirms: Bond Funds Don’t Pose Systemic Risks
U.S. and European Fund Investors Continue to Take Long View on EM Economies
Ignore the IMF’s Uninformed Call for a Third Round of Reforms to U.S. Money Market Funds
The IMF on Asset Management: Handle Empirical Results with Care
The IMF Quietly Changes Its Data, but Not Its Views
Federal Reserve Reverse Repo Facility Helps Stabilize Short-Term Money Markets
The IMF Is Entitled to Its Opinion, but Not to Its Own Facts
European Banks Borrow Less from MMFs; the Federal Reserve Borrows More
The IMF Makes All of OFR’s Mistakes—And More
Why Regulated Funds Are a Relatively Stable Source of Foreign Investment for Emerging Economies
“Preemptive Runs” and Money Market Fund Gates and Fees: Theory Meets Practice
Sizing Up Mutual Fund and ETF Investment in Emerging Markets
European Banks Significantly Reduced Borrowing from U.S. Money Market Funds in June
“Market Tantrums” and Mutual Funds: A Second Look
Seasonality, U.S. Money Market Funds, and the Borrower of Last Resort
U.S. Prime Money Market Funds and European Borrowing
Money Market Funds and Liquidity Ratios: Why So High and Stable?
ICI’s New Data Release: Further Enhancing the Transparency of Money Market Funds
IMF Analysis Ignores 2010 Money Market Fund Reforms and Exaggerates Run Risk
U.S. Prime Money Market Funds’ Eurozone Holdings Remain Low and Limited in Scope
Money Market Funds and the Expiration of Unlimited Deposit Insurance
The Reasonable Balance of the 2010 Reforms for Money Market Funds
Do U.S. Banks Rely Heavily on Money Market Funds? No.
U.S. Prime Money Market Funds Remain Cautious with Respect to Eurozone Holdings
Prime Money Market Funds’ Holdings Update—Eurozone Holdings Drop Close to December Levels
What a Difference a Year Makes—Prime Money Market Funds’ Holdings Update
Prime Money Market Funds’ Eurozone Holdings Down 50 Percent over The Last Year
Data Update: Prime Money Market Funds’ Holdings
Commodity Price Trends: It’s Fundamentals, Not Funds
Prime Money Market Funds’ Eurozone Holdings Remain Low
Data Update 2: Money Market Funds and the Eurozone Debt Crisis
Money Market Funds Continued to Reduce Eurozone Holdings in November
Data Update 1: Money Market Funds and the Eurozone Debt Crisis
Money Market Funds’ Prudent Response to European Challenges
Mutual Fund Investors Remain Steady Despite Volatile Market
Déjà vu—U.S. Money Market Funds and the Eurozone Debt Crisis
ICI Economists Provide Long-Term Mutual Fund Flow Analysis
The Debt Ceiling Debate and Its Impact on Money Market Funds
It’s Highly Unlikely that Money Market Funds Will ‘Break the Dollar’ in U.S. Debt Crisis
Money Market Funds and European Debt: Setting the Record Straight