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Bill Nelson on the Fed’s Operating System, Standing Repo Facility Stigma, and the Future of the Central Bank’s Balance Sheet

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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Is the Fed's Balance Sheet a Factor in Demand?

Before the stansa policy was tied to the size of the fed's balance sheet. Now one of the arguments for doing this is you can set the rate and forget about it, we'll stay there. There 's a difference between a short run demand for reserves and a long run demand forerves. And for the fet to change what it's doing, it has to first run up against the short run demand For reserves. Is that right? That's right. Just to make one more observation about the note and what we were just talking about,. The fets current policy is we want to hold a buffer over and above what the banks need. Theyre need for liquidity to meet

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