Yellen Shift on Vast Treasury Cash Pile Poses Problem for Powell
By Rich Miller and Liz McCormick
February 16, 2021, Bloomberg
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is giving Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a bit of a headache when it comes to managing the money markets.
Already low short-term interest rates are set to sink further, potentially below zero, after the Treasury announced plans earlier this month to reduce the stockpile of cash it amassed at the Fed over the last year to fight the pandemic and the deep recession it caused.
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