Monday, June 3, 2019

The Fed's drop in the bucket

Powell wants to drop the IOER by a quarter, then maybe a quarter again. A 15 billion dollar change in annual interest flow, a drop in the bucket.  Excess reserves were leaving the system anyway, the Fed cannot afford that rate in a flat or declining curve.

Powell should, in addition, sell the long term treasuries and buy the short.

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