QQEW - Federal Reserve Watch: Use Of Reverse Repurchase Agreements Grows
- The Federal Reserve's use of reverse repurchase agreements to offset its outright purchases of securities and keep the Federal Funds rate positive continues.
- At the end of the last banking week, September 29, 2021, the amount of reverse repurchase agreements on the Fed's balance sheet exceeded $1.7 trillion!
- And the Fed continues to buy $120.0 billion in securities, outright, every month.
- Tapering may start in November, but what kind of dilemma will the Fed be facing then, especially with all the reverse repurchase agreements that are outstanding?
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Federal Reserve Watch: Use Of Reverse Repurchase Agreements Grows