Saturday, December 19, 2020

Portfolio shifting and the Fed tax

 Let us assume the Fed entered the municipal bond market.  Then the Fed collects a small monopoly gain, appearing as a remit to Treasury.  The Fed already pays a monopoly tax  on the US bond market.

Thus, if the Fed completes this process, then each shift in the money market portfolio incurs the Fed tax. That is a financial transaction tax reserved for Congress.

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