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The Fed Loses Control of REPO Markets; Banks, Bonds, and the Federal Reserve, Explained



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Banks are sitting on enormous piles of cash with little to do with it. People aren’t taking out loans and they have serious restrictions on what assets they can buy. Banks were going all in on bonds until the government hit the debt ceiling and stopped issuing fresh bonds. Now they’re lending it to one another and writing out the Federal Reserve. Here’s what’s happening.


The Federal Reserve Bails Out REPO Markets for $75 Billion



The Federal Reserve Just engaged in a large bailout of the short term lending REPO market. Here’s exactly what’s going on in this ongoing news story.