alcoholbob
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Statement Regarding Repurchase Operations - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK
It looks like this all started on September 16 when quarterly tax payments and Federal government bond auctions caused a spike in overnight lending rates up to 10%, forcing the Fed to inject $53.2 billion in liquidity into the repo market, which extended to $75 for the next 3 days. After that the Fed announced it would need to conduct these operations on a daily basis until Oct 10.
Today it was announced these operations will be extended to November 4. I suspect they will continue to roll the dates forward from here on. Does this spell the beginning of QE4?