Sentences with phrase «positive fed funds rate»

The reality however is that the payment of IOER is a necessary prerequisite for any regime in which the Fed wishes to sustain a positive Fed Funds rate in the presence of excess reserves.

If the central bank wants to sustain a positive Fed Funds rate, it must either pay interest on reserves or mop up all excess reserves.

Large foreign banks buy deposits of FHLBs — positive fed funds rate.

Large foreign banks buy deposits of FHLBs — positive fed funds rate.

Besides, the Fed can't really monetize the debt with a positive Fed Funds rate target.

Not exact matches

Chart 2 shows the historical positive correlation between changes in the Fed Funds rate and the profits cycle.

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During the financial crisis the implementation date was moved forward to October 2008, the Fed's hope at the time having been that a positive interest rate on excess reserves (IOER) would establish a new, above zero «floor» for the effective federal funds rate.

While the difference between the 2 - year and 10 - year yield has narrowed since the Fed's Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate twice in the past year, it is still positive.

You can try to, and you will succeed (sort of), if the Fed Funds rate maintains a respectable positive value that does not kill savers.