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MNI Fed Balance Sheet Tracker - May 5, 2023

MNI Fed Balance Sheet Tracker - May 5, 2023

MNI Fed Balance Sheet Tracker - May 5, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

  • Bank usage of Fed liquidity facilities continues to fade from March’s peak, with a 6th consecutive weekly decline.
  • There isn't much sign of financial system duress from the perspective of the Fed's assets ledger, though that could change in coming weeks given that regional bank share prices are under renewed duress, which could portend a renewed bout of weakness underneath the surface.
  • Chair Powell at Wednesday’s FOMC post-meeting press conference sounded calm about both the banking sector (“broadly improved since early March”) and the current configuration of policy tools.
  • Powell said this week that the overnight reverse repo facility was serving its purpose “very well”, and it looks like no changes are imminent, either to ON RRP’s design or to the rates on offer.

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