The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held its 10th annual US Treasury Market Conference last week, and a panelist brought up an idea that we’ve discussed here before: that the Federal Reserve have direct access to US repo clearing facilities to transact with market participants. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) does it. Why not the Fed, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and others?
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