CNBC Squawk Alley July 13, 2024
Against shortterm Municipal Bonds. Banks buy them from money market funds and then can get loans aga against them at the Federal Reserve, to address strain in another market, 3. 8 trillion market for state and local government bonds and airport bonds, all kinds of stuff in there. Only a part of that is eligible for financing at the fed these are assets that were held by money markets and money markets have been shedding assets in part because theyve had draw downs from corporate borrowers andenutional borrowers seeking to raise cash. Part of the seizing up of the financial system, the fed tryi...