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Episode 132: Words & Numbers Listener Special #4

Words & Numbers

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The Problem With the Federal Reserve Buying Treasury Bills

The number of treasury bills that foreign governments have been buying has been declining. American investors have tended to buy it about the same or a little bit less of a rate. And what's taking up the slack is the federal reserve. It becomes, in effect, the buyer of last resort of treasury bills.

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