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Standing Repo: Safety For SOFR?

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MNI's latest Fed Balance Sheet Tracker out today looks at the potential impact of the Fed's decision last month to make the domestic Standing Repo Facility permanent.

  • The SRF is unlikely to have a major impact on the Fed balance sheet for the next couple of years (maybe not until 2026 at the earliest), but should reduce repo market tail risks.
  • TD argues the SRF will help widen Treasury-swap spreads (indeed we saw widening immediately after the Fed announcement), while they also see the potential for encouraging SOFR adoption via reducing the volatility seen in SOFR rates.
  • More available here on MNI Research


Source: Federal Reserve, MNI

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