Repos seem secret because U.S. reporters rarely cover them
Reporter Bob Ivry at Bloomberg told his readers May 26 that leading bank companies borrowed $80 billion at sweetheart rates during the financial crisis from an emergency Federal Reserve lending program...
View ArticleSome experts are comparing Greece to Lehman
If eurozone officials decide Greece does not have to repay its debt in full, the European Central Bank says it may stop making repo loans to financial institutions that put up Greece’s debt as...
View ArticleCommentary: Movies ‘Inside Job’ and ‘Too Big To Fail’ entertain but don’t...
From the editor: The new financial-crisis movies “Inside Job” and “Too Big To Fail” are riveting tales of Wall Street and its giant banks, but don’t expect to find out why taxpayers were forced to bail...
View ArticlePress reports unclear on dangers of Greek default
Last updated June 26, 2012 Commentary From the editor: The main reason world finance officials want to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt is the same reason U.S. officials bailed out the...
View ArticleDoubt cast on key tri-party repo reform
Three years after the financial crisis, Wall Street banks still have not fixed one of the most dangerous flaws in the markets, and they said July 6 they will not be able to meet an October 2011...
View ArticleFT: A U.S. default could threaten world’s ‘plumbing system’
Finally we have a news story from the mainstream business press that explains the potential dangers of a U.S. default. Congratulations to the Financial Times for its consistent, clear reporting on the...
View ArticleRepo makes the headlines, but similarity to 2008 rarely noted
The news wires are flooded with stories using the r-word (repo). This is great news. RepoWatch is stoked. Suddenly, it seems that everyone in the financial markets is worried about the repurchase...
View ArticleBloomberg details Fed’s three-year bailout frenzy
Bloomberg News has given us a stunning picture of the frantic efforts by the Federal Reserve to save the credit markets between August 2007 and April 2010. The report doesn’t mention the R-word (repo),...
View ArticleFT: Volcker rule may exempt repos and securitization
Repos and securitization, the combination that nearly destroyed the credit markets and the U.S. economy in 2007-2009, will not be prohibited by the Volcker rule, according to the Financial Times. The...
View ArticleWSJ steps up its repo coverage
With no repo reform on the horizon, the European financial crisis threatens to erupt into a full-blown panic, Wall Street Journal reporter Kelly Evans wrote last week. While this is not news to...
View ArticleLondon’s Financial Times is key to understanding repo and U.S. default
Early next year, when Congress once again threatens to default on U.S. debt, you will need to have a subscription to the Financial Times to get timely information about conditions in the repo market,...
View ArticleRepos make the news
The big news about the repurchase market in 2015 was that it made the news. After decades when the largest financial market in the world rarely appeared in public, in 2015 repos finally hit the big...
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