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Liquidity, QE/QT & Collateral (💧🏦)

System plumbing: RRP, TGA, reserves, collateral scarcity, QE/QT flows, and global liquidity mechanics.

Repo Usage Is Expanding Again
Liquidity, QE/QT & Collateral (💧🏦)

Repo Usage Is Expanding Again

Overnight repo operations have shifted from dormant to persistent over the past several weeks. This article documents the expansion in repo usage, what it signals about short-term funding conditions,…

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December 10, 2025: QT Ends, QE-Lite Begins
Liquidity, QE/QT & Collateral (💧🏦)

December 10, 2025: QT Ends, QE-Lite Begins

The Fed cut rates by 25 bps, acknowledged rising downside risks to employment, and quietly ended QT by initiating short-term Treasury purchases to maintain reserves, marking the start of a new liquid…

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The Calm Before the Liquidity Storm
Liquidity, QE/QT & Collateral (💧🏦)

The Calm Before the Liquidity Storm

After Powell’s quiet remarks in Philadelphia about ending Quantitative Tightening (QT), subtle tremors are building across the repo and collateral markets. The system is whispering before it screams …

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