Monetary Policy

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Repo rupture at year-end could lead to ‘QE4’ – Credit Suisse analyst

By Jonnelle Marte
December 10, 2019, Reuters

The Federal Reserve’s efforts to calm money markets could fall short at the end of the year, potentially leading to a spike in …

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Repo madness hits Wall Street

CNBC’s Steve Liesman looks at the Fed’s balance sheet and parses the ‘repo madness’ that’s hit Wall Street.…

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The market is no longer worrying about the Fed, says Bespoke’s Hickey

Broader markets closed at new highs on Monday but record closings have been tough to hang on to in the last two years. Paul Hickey, co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group, …

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Markets are not close to another yield curve inversion, strategist says

The Fed is signaling it’s unlikely to cut rates any time soon but markets seem to be keying on every trade rumor coming out of Washington and Beijing. Drew Matus, …

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The Federal Reserve Has Been Quietly Increasing the Size of Its Money Market Interventions

By Alexandra Scaggs
December 3, 2019, Barron’s

The Federal Reserve has been intervening more aggressively in money markets as it attempts to keep interest rates from rising around the end …

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Repo Fretting Shifts to Treasuries as Market Faces Next Test

By Yalman Onaran
December 2, 2019, Bloomberg

Flare-ups in the repo market could still cause worries across the global banking system, more than two months after chaos subsided in this …

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Repo: How the financial markets’ plumbing got blocked

By Cale Tilford, Joe Rennison, Laura Noonan, Colby Smith, and Brendan Greeley
November 26, 2019, Financial Times

The repo blow-up of 2019 set markets on edge and prompted the Fed …

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Gotham’s Greenblatt Says Negative Rates Would Be Bad for U.S.

Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Asset Management co-chief investment officer and managing principal, comments on negative interest rates during an interview with Bloomberg’s Vonnie Quinn and Guy Johnson on “Bloomberg Markets.”…

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New York Fed President John Williams: Monetary policy is in the right place

Quill Intelligence’s Danielle DiMartino Booth breaks down what New York Fed President John Williams said at the Securities and Financial Markets Association Annual Meeting regarding monetary policy and interest rates.…

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Bundesbank grows gloomier on outlook for German lenders

By Olaf Storbeck
November 21, 2019, Financial Times

Germany’s banks are facing an even tougher outlook thanks to a combination of negative interest rates and a slowing domestic economy, the …

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