Some market participants question a US plan to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, which is based on repo trading, while others think it could stabilize the market. “Repo […]
The People’s Bank of China has begun issuing reverse repurchase agreements after suspending them for six trading days. In a move to ease funding conditions, the bank has offered reverse repo loans to commercial banks […]
Banks will be able to borrow government bonds from the European Central Bank for cash in an initiative aimed at eliminating the scarcity of bonds available as collateral for repurchase agreements, the ECB said Thursday. […]
Despite warnings from the Federal Reserve about the financial-stability risk that repurchase agreements pose, the central bank holds 60% of repo deals backed by Treasurys, according to the Office of Financial Research. “They’ve become a […]
The People’s Bank of China used reverse repurchase agreements, including rarely offered 28-day contracts, to inject 160 billion yuan into the financial system Tuesday. The open-market operation was the first instance in four years in […]
© Copyright 2016-2019 Tristan Van Iersel - All Rights Reserved.