Remember that repo market chaos back in September 2019? Rates literally exploded to 10% overnight because the system ran dry on reserves. Powell had no choice but to pump in emergency liquidity fast.
What's wild is he admitted afterward they got completely blindsided by how quantitative tightening was draining the system. The Fed basically said "yeah, we didn't see that coming" and promised they'd keep a closer eye on reserve levels going forward.
Now here we are again talking about easing repo constraints as liquidity pressures build. Some patterns just keep repeating.
Remember that repo market chaos back in September 2019? Rates literally exploded to 10% overnight because the system ran dry on reserves. Powell had no choice but to pump in emergency liquidity fast.
What's wild is he admitted afterward they got completely blindsided by how quantitative tightening was draining the system. The Fed basically said "yeah, we didn't see that coming" and promised they'd keep a closer eye on reserve levels going forward.
Now here we are again talking about easing repo constraints as liquidity pressures build. Some patterns just keep repeating.