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TMPG warning on failed trades for US Treasuries settled outside US
By Dan Barnes
October 26, 2020, The Desk
The Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) has released an updated version of the group’s Frequently Asked Questions: TMPG Fails Charges to clarify …
The Fed’s $4 Trillion Lifeline Never Materialized. Here’s Why.
By Jeanna Smialek
October 21, 2020, The New York Times
As companies furloughed millions of workers and stock prices plunged through late March, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered a glimmer …
Big Banks Need a Year’s Worth of Liquidity Under U.S. Rule
By Jesse Hamilton
October 20, 2020, Bloomberg
Wall Street banks will have to show their funding can withstand 12 months of economic stress under a rule issued Tuesday, even as …
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 will wait to decide on MLF extension
By Brian Tumulty
October 21, 2020, The Bond Buyer
Municipal market conditions at the end of this calendar year will determine whether the Federal Reserve and Treasury decide to continue …
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Fed chair Powell: A central bank digital currency could improve the payment system in the U.S.
By Yogita Khatri
October 19, 2020, The Block
Jerome Powell, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has acknowledged that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could lead to improvements …
Fed May Be Stuck with Forever Stimulus as Exit from QE Impeded
By Rich Miller
October 19, 2020, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve and other central banks will eventually discover that breaking up isn’t easy after partnering with their governments and the financial …
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Federal Reserve debates tougher regulation to prevent asset bubbles
By James Politi
October 17, 2020, Financial Times
Senior Federal Reserve officials are calling for tougher financial regulation to prevent the US central bank’s low interest-rate policies from giving rise …
Fed to Debate Bond-Buying Program in Possible Step Toward Action
By Christopher Condon and Matthew Boesler
October 7, 2020, Bloomberg
U.S. central bankers look poised to discuss the future of the Federal Reserve’s asset-purchase program when they meet again in …
DoJ gives green light to Isda protocol
By Rebekah Tunstead
October 2, 2020, Risk
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Libor fallback protocol has moved one step closer to publication after the US Department of Justice confirmed …
