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Fed Repeats the Mistake of 2008, Only Worse

Lee Adler

With no prior announcement or clue, the Fed bought $37 billion in Treasury coupons from Primary Dealers on Friday. To pay for them it deposited $37 billion into dealer accounts at the Fed.

It was the largest single day POMO (Permanent Open Market Operation) purchase since the days of TARP and QE 1 in 2009.

It came without warning. I was so glued to the intraday live charts on Friday, I wasn’t even aware that the Fed had taken this emergency action until after the close.

We sure as hell saw the result. But this is only the beginning of this story.

Collapse

Sven Henrich

We just witnessed a global collapse in asset prices the likes we haven’t seen before. Not even in 2008 or 2000. All these prior beginnings of bear markets happened over time, relatively […]

The Loss of Moneyness

Doug Noland

It was as if global markets pulled elements from the 1994 bond market dislocation, 1997’s Asian Bubble collapses, the 1998 Russian/LTCM fiasco, and the 2008 market crash – and synthesized them for a week of ridiculous market instability and dysfunction…

Never Change, Christine

Jeffrey P. Snider

Why is anyone surprised Christine Lagarde stepped in it? This is who she is, who she has been her entire career. The woman is a walking disaster, screwing up from one place only to be promoted into the next. Her Argentina debacle was merely the latest – before yesterday. In case you were distracted by […]

The Fed’s New $1.5 Trillion in Repos Is The Wrong Medicine

Lee Adler

The Fed panicked today. It doesn’t know what to do because, as Jeff Snider pointed out, it has no clue what the disease is.

NO! It’s not the coronavirus, as the Fed claims, and litterally everyone believes. So the Fed’s prescription can’t work.

The Fed announced today that it would attempt to stuff $1.5 trillion in short term loans into Primary Dealer trading accounts over the next 3 weeks. OK, but will there be any takers?”