IFDP Paper: Decoupling Dollar and Treasury Privilege
Wenxin Du, Ritt Keerati, and Jesse SchregerWe document a strong decoupling between the convenience yield on the US Dollar and US Treasuries. We measure the convenience of the U.S. dollar using covered interest parity (CIP) deviations between risk-free bank rates, such as secured overnight rates since the benchmark reform. In parallel, we measure the convenience of U.S. Treasury bonds through CIP deviations between government bond yields.