Open Market Operations: How the Fed and the Desk Steer Rates
Learn how Fed Open Market Operations work, how the New York Fed Desk trades with primary dealers, and how permanent vs. temporary repos steer interest rates.
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SOFR Explained: How the Post-LIBOR Benchmark Actually Works
SOFR replaced LIBOR as the reference for trillions in dollar debt. Here is how it is calculated, what moves it, and why September 2019 still matters.
Repo and Reverse Repo Explained: The Plumbing of Rates
How the US repo market really works: repo vs reverse repo, SOFR, the Fed’s RRP floor and SRF ceiling, and what broke in September 2019.
Treasury Basis Trade Explained: Repo, Leverage, Risk
How the Treasury cash-futures basis trade actually works: repo-financed long bonds, short futures, the convergence math, and why hedge funds risk $1T+ on it.
The Repo Market Explained: $12.6 Trillion of Plumbing
How the repo market works: $12.6T daily, SOFR, tri-party clearing, the Fed’s Standing Repo Facility, and the 2019 spike that changed everything.
Repo and Reverse Repo Explained: How Funding Plumbing Works
How the repo market actually works — collateral, haircuts, SOFR, the Fed’s ON RRP, and why the $2.5T overnight RRP facility drained to almost zero in 2026.
Repo and Reverse Repo Explained: The Plumbing of Short-Term Finance
Repos and reverse repos move trillions of dollars daily. Learn how repurchase agreements work, what the Fed’s RRP facility does, and why it matters to markets.