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Another Oversubscribed Term Repo Stokes More Year-End Liquidity Crunch Fears

December 2, 2019

Are “supersized” bill purchases in the offing?

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Traders Menaced By December Tariff Deadline Forced To Ponder Phone Calls, Obstinate Powell

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

“Relevant issues”.

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First ‘Ultra-Long’ Term Repo Covering Year-End Is Twice Oversubscribed (Cue Alarmists)

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Here’s some nuance, for those interested.

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Here’s The Problem With Judy Shelton’s Comments On Fed Independence (It’s Not What You Think)

November 22, 2019

“It’s in some ways healthier”…

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Fed Policy ‘Well Calibrated’ After October Rate Cut, FOMC Minutes Show

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019

Downside risks are still elevated, though.

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‘Donnie, I Got Sent For’. Jerome Powell Had A Little Chat With Trump On Monday Morning

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

“You don’t wanna go? I’ll turn around.”

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‘This Isn’t Whatever-It-Takes’: Analyst Who Called Funding Squeeze Not Blown Away By Fed’s Longer-Term Repos

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

“We’re prepared to continue to learn and adjust”.

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Jay Powell, Treasonous ‘Bonehead’, Calls Trump’s Negative Rates Idea ‘Certainly Not Appropriate’

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

Oh well!

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Jerome Powell Takes A ‘First, Do No Harm’ Approach In Prepared Remarks To Congress

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

Careful! Don’t break anything.

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Jay Powell’s ‘Good Place’ Monetary Policy Sets Up Election Year Clash With White House

November 12, 2019

“Others are running circles around them and laughing all the way to the bank”.

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Wall Street’s Fed Postmortems Are All Over The Place

October 30, 2019October 31, 2019

Suffice to say there are disagreements on what comes next.

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‘Is This It?’ Jerome Powell Signals Fed On Hold Until Something (Else) Crazy Happens

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019

“The current stance of monetary policy is likely to remain appropriate”.

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Fed Takes Out More ‘Insurance’, Cuts Rates For Third Time, Drops ‘Act As Appropriate’ Language

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019

“Act as appropriate” is gone.

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Analyst Who Called The Repo Squeeze Warns On ‘Combustible Cocktail’ Into Year-End

October 27, 2019

“There could be a broader de-leveraging across financial markets”.

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A ‘Hawkish Cut’ From A ‘Derelict’ Fed? What To Expect From The October FOMC

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Will it be “three and out”?

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Will Trump Give Up His Leverage Over Jerome Powell To Secure A Deal With Xi?

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Sealing the deal with Xi may require giving up on rate cuts in an election year.

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Trump: Fed Must Lower ‘The Rate’ Or Be Judged ‘Derelict In Its Duties’

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

“Ideally, they’ll stimulate”.

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Steve Mnuchin Has Exactly 9 Days To Tell Elizabeth Warren What Caused Repo Market Chaos

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

Spoiler alert: Easing regulations is not an acceptable answer when it comes to fixes.

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Deutsche’s Kocic On 2020 Election: ‘Diametrically Opposite Views’ Will ‘Revive Uncertainty’ Around Long-Term Fed Policy

October 20, 2019November 27, 2021

“Not only are the non-centrists shaping the narratives, but their proponents are the main contestants”.

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Vice Chair Clarida Delivers Friday Snoozer As Fed Looks To Coast Into October Rate Cut

October 18, 2019

Don’t tell Esther George, though.

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$400 Billion By Next Summer: Analysts React To ‘QE-Lite’ (Which Isn’t QE)

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019

But a “technical” matter…

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‘QE Lite’ Is Here! And It Starts Next Week…

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019

They’re going “big” right out of the gate.

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Here’s How Much The Fed Will Buy During The First Four Months Of ‘QE-Lite’

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

By any other name…

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Divided Fed Was Divided, September FOMC Minutes Show

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

Tasseography time.

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‘Hall Of Mirrors’ Effect Strikes Again, As Bank Cites ‘Circularity Argument’ In New Fed Forecast

October 9, 2019

The tail is wagging the dog.

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It’s Not QE, Ok?! Powell Pre-Announces QE-Lite, Hopes You’re Smart Enough To Understand It

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019

“The time is now upon us”.

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How The President’s Trade Tweets Made Fed Cuts A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

October 7, 2019

Wielding the tariff gun on one’s own central bank.

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