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Overnight Reverse Repo Eclipses TGA

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Fed liabilities saw two large moves in the week to June 16 (the date of the FOMC decision at which the Fed raised ON RRP and IOER rates): the Treasury General Account shrank by $76B, the 2nd largest weekly contraction since March, while reverse repo takeup soared $227B. This is the first time since 2017 that the size of total ON reverse repo was larger than the TGA.


Source: Federal Reserve, MNI


  • This doesn't capture the post-FOMC rise in the non-foreign ON RRP alone to around $750B on Thursday and Friday, which likely reflects GSE flows into the facility in order to take advantage of the new +0.05% rate on offer (as Wrightson ICAP points out, previously they just left their cash in their Fed accounts, since both paid zero).
  • ON RRP in general is likely to remain elevated in size amid the continued growth in reserves. Barclays writes that it's likely to remain in a range of $750-800B, depending on how many deposits banks shift to the facility.


LiabilitiesReservesUS Treasury General AccountReverse Repo (Foreign)Reverse Repo (Dealers)Currency In CirculationOther*
Last Week's Net Change (USDbn)-11.0-76.34.8226.9-1.5-1.5
4-Week Net Change (USD bn)81.8-212.2-5.318.010.040.4
Total Holdings (USD bn)3905.7653.9222.8520.92178.6631.6

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