Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. Central Bank Operations and Collateral -- II. Central Bank Collateral Frameworks -- A. Collateral Policy Key Principles -- 1. The Real Bills Doctrine -- B. Modern Collateral Policies -- 2. A Mapping of Central Bank Collateral Frameworks -- 1. Mapping of Collateral Frameworks -- C. Bank Loans as Collateral -- D. Foreign Exchange Swaps and Securities as Collateral -- III. Collateral Policy and Adverse Selection -- A. Liquidity Demand and Collateral Impact in Time of Crisis -- 2. The Inverted Money Pyramid: Reserve Money Shock -- 3. The Inverted Money Pyramid: Funding Shock -- B. Adverse Selection Mechanisms and "Market Neutrality" -- 4. Eurosystem Collateral -- 3. Eurosystem Operations and Collateral Selection -- 5. Eurosystem Operations and Collateral Selection -- 6. Federal Reserve-Composition of Collateral -- 1. Federal Reserve Bank Short-Term OMO Collateral -- 2. Eurosystem Collateral Use vs. Availability 2007 -- 7. Euro-area Widening of Spreads -- IV. Dynamic Management of a Collateral Framework -- A. Merits of a Contra-cyclical Collateral Framework -- 8. Countercyclical Collateral Framework -- B. Central Bank Balance Sheet and Collateral Intensity -- C. The Case for Harmonized Collateral Frameworks -- V. Conclusions -- 1. Collateral and the 2007-08 Market Turmoil -- 2. United States Collateral Framework -- 9. Federal Reserve: Repo Collateral -- 10. Federal Reserve: Primary Credit Facility Collateral -- 3. Federal Reserve Bank Collateral Haircuts -- 3. The Eurosystem Collateral Framework -- 4. Eurosystem: Summary of Bank Loan Eligibility Criteria -- 5. Eurosystem: Haircut Schedule for Nonmarketable Collateral -- 11. Eurosystem Use of Bank Loans by Country before and after the Single List -- 4. United Kingdom Collateral Framework -- 6. Margin Ratios for Wider Collateral Pool.

4. Bank of England Concentration Limits -- 5. Bank of England Rules for Extended Collateral in 3-month OMOs -- 6. Bank of England Arrangements for Loans Secured Against Mortgages -- 5. Risk Control Measures (as of May 2008) -- References -- Footnotes.