Wednesday Scramble

Wednesday Scramble

Last-minute buying and selling of eligible reserves that takes place between U.S. banks on Wednesday, the settlement date for meeting reserve requirements as mandated by the Federal Reserve.

The reserve requirement is a central bank requirement that stipulates the minimum amount of reserves each bank must hold as a proportion of customer deposits and notes. Since the reserve requirement is calculated as an average for the reserve computation period, if many banks are short of the reserve requirement on Wednesday, a scramble for available reserves ensues.

A Wednesday scramble will usually have the effect of sending the federal funds rate sharply higher, due to the demand for funds. Conversely, if most banks have adequate reserves to meet the requirements and in fact may have excess reserves, the federal funds rate will drop.


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