SOFR vs. Fed Funds vs. Repo: The Modern Money Market Plumbing Hierarchy
A comprehensive structural comparison of SOFR, EFFR, TGCR, BGCR, and the uncollateralized vs. secured overnight money market architecture.
13 Money Market Primers
Showing 13 Primers
Fed & Money Markets: Central Bank Balance Sheet & Liquidity Mechanics
Deconstructing Federal Reserve plumbing: reserve balances, reverse repo facilities (ON RRP), IORB floor dynamics, discount window operations, and interbank repo rates.
Federal Funds Rate Mechanics: Target Range, EFFR, and Money Market Plumbing
How the Federal Reserve controls overnight interest rates through the FOMC target range, administered rates (IORB & ON RRP), and interbank liquidity plumbing.
Interest on Reserve Balances (IORB): The Reserve-Rate Floor
How Interest on Reserve Balances (IORB) anchors the federal funds market and provides the Fed surgical control over wholesale interest rates.
The Overnight Reverse Repo Facility (ON RRP): Mechanics, Liquidity Drain, and Market Impact
Comprehensive guide to the Federal Reserve Overnight Reverse Repo Facility (ON RRP), cash floor mechanics, money market fund behavior, and banking reserve liquidity.
Standing Repo Facility (SRF): The Fed's Rate Ceiling Backstop
Why the Fed created the SRF, interbank repo rate ceilings, eliminating discount window stigma, and primary dealer liquidity.
Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP): Par Collateral Mechanics
How emergency lending against par-value collateral resolved the SVB banking crisis and insulated banks from duration losses.
Quantitative Easing vs. Quantitative Tightening: Balance Sheet Mechanics
Comprehensive institutional guide to QE and QT, asset purchase programs, balance sheet runoff caps, and bank reserve liquidity impacts.
The Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Explained: Assets, Liabilities, and Net Liquidity
A deep structural guide to the SOMA portfolio, bank reserves, TGA, ON RRP, and quantitative net liquidity models.
Bank Reserves & Financial System Plumbing: High-Powered Money
What bank reserves are, why they matter under Basel III regulations, and how ample reserves prevent interbank repo spikes.
Federal Reserve Remittances, Deferred Asset Accounting & Treasury Deficit Financing
How Fed operational losses on IORB and reverse repo create deferred assets, eliminate remittances to the U.S. Treasury, and expand headline federal borrowing.
The Monetary Rubber Band Effect in Macroeconomics: Policy Lag & Market Tension
Comprehensive guide to the Monetary Rubber Band effect in macroeconomics: understanding policy transmission lag, liquidity tension, and Federal Reserve market cycles.
How CME FedWatch Rate Probabilities Are Calculated: Mathematical & Market Mechanics
Learn how CME FedWatch calculates Federal Reserve rate hike and cut probabilities using 30-Day Fed Funds Futures prices and mathematical probability distributions.