35 min

The Sad State of the Repo Market - AK5 part 1 AK Global

    • Investing

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

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

35 min