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Joseph Wang & Alex Etra: Trillion-Dollar Liquidity Drain Imminent

Forward Guidance

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How the Fed Thinks About Bank Reserves

The Fed estimates that the lowest comfortable level of reserves is 2.2 trillion. Governor Waller thinks that when he thinks about bank reserves, he adds RFP balances into it. Having a large RFP gives you plenty of runway to run QT for a long time. But in terms of the broader theme of when QT will stop, they're basically all on the same page,. It's going to be an autopilot for the foreseeable future.

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