Liquidity
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U.S. banks still fret about cutting liquidity buffers
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
April 3, 2020, Risk
With corporate clients drawing heavily on credit lines amid the lockdown to combat the coronavirus, U.S. banks are seeking clearer guidance from prudential …
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Money funds turn to Fed facility amid record inflows
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
April 2, 2020, Risk
Money market funds (MMFs) are flooding into a U.S. Federal Reserve facility that currently pays a 0% return on cash.
The central …
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U.S. mortgage lenders face liquidity crunch
By Billy Nauman, Robert Armstrong, and Laura Noonan
April 2, 2020, Financial Times
U.S. non-bank lenders, which originate half of America’s home loans, are facing financial pressure and ratings downgrades …
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BIS sees further challenges to keeping dollar funding flowing
By Saikat Chatterjee
April 1, 2020, Reuters
Recent actions by the U.S. Federal Reserve have made it easier and cheaper to obtain dollars via derivatives markets but other problems must …
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Reform of TRACE reporting urged as portfolio trading rises
By Dan Barnes
March 31, 2020, The Desk
Portfolio trading, in which baskets of securities are exchanged with bank in single deals, has been growing in popularity as it gives …
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BlackRock’s Rieder Says Fed Liquidity Injection ‘Awe Inspiring’
Rick Rieder, global fixed income chief investment officer at BlackRock, discusses the impact of the Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection on the U.S. financial system. He speaks with Atlas Merchant Capital’s …
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Volatility Spikes as Liquidity Evaporates
Chris Brankin, chief executive officer at TD Ameritrade Asia, discusses fear in the markets and how he’s advising clients. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East.”…
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U.S. commercial paper rates fall as Fed’s interventions take hold
By Kate Duguid
March 30, 2020, Reuters
Rates on U.S. short-term corporate loans fell on Friday, suggesting that investors had begun to respond to the Federal Reserve’s interventions to return …
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Mnuchin Wants Markets Open, Focused on Mortgage Firms’ Liquidity
By Ben Bain and Saleha Mohsin
March 26, 2020, Bloomberg
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reiterated Thursday that he wants U.S. financial markets to remain open even as the coronavirus fuels …
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Bank of England plans emergency liquidity for U.K. repo markets
By Bérengère Sim
March 24, 2020, Financial News
The Bank of England will deploy an emergency liquidity tool in the so-called repo markets, following a period of stress in this …
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