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Reading Perry Mehrling: Where’s My Swap Line? [Ep. 151, Macropiece Theater]

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The Money Market Disruption of Speculators

The problem is not actually a payments imbalance, rather exhaustion of dealer market making capacity. The same money market that shadow banks use to fund their positions is also used by regular banks to manage their fluctuating payment flows. Deficit banks borrowing from surplus banks disrupts the payment system which inevitably brings a call for lender of last resort. A balance sheet able to absorb, temporarily, the imbalance in supply and demand that has overwhelmed the private liquidity providers will be needed.

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