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BlackRock: Fix Commercial Paper Before MMF Meddling
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
February 15, 2021, Risk
A senior figure at asset management giant BlackRock has urged regulators to focus on reforming the US commercial paper market before proposing …

Fed’s Quarles Says Market Turmoil Triggered by Covid-19 Revealed Fragile Nonbank System
By Paul Kiernan
October 20, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
The market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic early this year uncovered weaknesses in the U.S. financial system that regulators …

Fed balance sheet shrinks as use of emergency facilities levels out
By Colby Smith and Brooke Fox
June 25, 2020, Financial Times
The Federal Reserve’s emergency lending facilities saw only a modest uptick in usage this past week, even as the …
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Federal Reserve adds just $1bn of new corporate debt to balance sheet
By Colby Smith, Brooke Fox, and Joe Rennison
May 28, 2020, Financial Times
The Federal Reserve’s emergency lending facilities attracted little additional use over the past week, as an expansion …
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Money market stress adds to case for more ECB action
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Tommy Wilkes
April 29, 2020, Reuters
Funding costs in a vital corner of euro zone money markets remain at worryingly high levels even after unprecedented ECB …
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Demand Wanes for Fed’s Initial Crisis Programs With Market Calm
By Christopher Condon and Alex Harris
April 24, 2020, Bloomberg
The initial wave of emergency lending programs opened during the coronavirus crisis by the Federal Reserve saw little to no …
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Few companies are tapping the Fed’s commercial paper facility
By Eric Platt and Colby Smith
April 17, 2020, Financial Times
The New York branch of the Federal Reserve has taken great efforts to shore up America’s $1.1tn commercial paper …
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Bank of England CP funds start flowing to paralyzed U.K. companies
By Jon Hay
April 9, 2020, GlobalCapital
Official financial lifelines to keep U.K. companies alive through the coronavirus pandemic are already having a tangible effect. Shares in Redrow, the U.K. …
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Conduits drew backup lines in CP market crunch
By Owen Sanderson
April 8, 2020, GlobalCapital
All the major ABCP vehicles are now “fully supported”, in contrast to the situation before the financial crisis of 2008, when banks had …
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