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The Sad State of the Repo Market - AK5.1
AK Global
English - October 23, 2019 19:50 - 35 minutes - 33 MBInvesting Business News News Commentary fiat investing money technology banking economics finance future geopolitics investments Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The repo market has been in the news lately with the Fed intervening for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis to shore up liquidity problems. We explain how the repo market works, go over the timeline of events in the market thus far, and discuss its wider implications.
Topics include:
What a repo is and why it’s important
The role of the Fed
Timeline of events
Future projections
Links:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/repurchaseagreement.asp
https://realinvestmentadvice.com/who-could-have-known-what-the-repo-fiasco-entails/
https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_190920