Federal Reserve

Fed Tapered QE Helicopter Money for Wall Street Further: MBS Fell. Treasuries Barely Rose. Liquidity Swaps & Repos Stalled.

by Wolf Richter • May 29, 2020 • 70 Comments

But one of the Fed’s “13(3) Facilities,” managed by State Street, jumped.

After Two Months of Jawboning and Media Hype that Triggered a Huge Rally, the Fed Finally Buys a Whopping $305 Million in Corporate Bonds

by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2020 • 115 Comments

What gave the Fed the “Authority” to do this? Enter the “13(3) facilities.”

What Powell said About Negative Interest Rates, Their Effect on Banks, Jawboning, and Why the Fed Might Not Buy a Lot of Junk Bonds

by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2020 • 150 Comments

The reasons behind the Fed’s No-NIRP stance: It doesn’t work and kills bank stocks. One of the most revealing statements.

Fed Cuts QE Helicopter Money for Wall Street Further. Still Hasn’t Bought Junk Bonds or ETFs. Was Just Jawboning

by Wolf Richter • May 8, 2020 • 90 Comments

Loans to “SPVs” declined to lowest since March 25.

Nothing’s Fixed: What’s Behind the Corporate Debt Bailout

by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2020 • 72 Comments

Nobody knew what would trigger the next financial crisis, but just about everyone knew it would involve the record pile of corporate debt. And so it happened. Now the Fed fixed it (transcript of my podcast).

THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Nothing’s Fixed – What’s Behind the Corporate Debt Bailout

by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2020 • 177 Comments

Nobody knew what would trigger the next financial crisis, but just about everyone knew it would involve the record pile of corporate debt. And so it happened. Now the Fed fixed it…

Fed Drastically Slashed Helicopter Money for Wall Street. QE Down 86% From Peak Week in March

by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2020 • 132 Comments

Fed shed MBS. Loans to “SPVs” flat for fifth week. Repos in disuse. Fed still hasn’t bought junk bonds, stocks, or ETFs. But it sure sent Wall Street dreaming.

Fed Cut Back on Helicopter Money for Wall Street & the Wealthy

by Wolf Richter • Apr 23, 2020 • 165 Comments

Tapered QE-4 Further, Still Hasn’t Bought Junk Bonds or ETFs, Was Just Jawboning.

Fed Massively Tapered QE-4. Hasn’t Bought Any Junk Bonds, Was Just Jawboning

by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2020 • 128 Comments

Helicopter Money for Wall Street & the Wealthy: $2.06 Trillion in 5 Weeks. Regular folks, forget it.

“Mortgage Forbearance” is Suddenly Hot, Hits Shadow Banks, which Clamor for Bailout from Taxpayers and the Fed

by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2020 • 234 Comments

“The mortgage market has more risk than previously acknowledged.”

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