A Poignant Lesson of Historical ‘Inflation’ and Recession

A Poignant Lesson of Historical ‘Inflation’ and Recession
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Jeffrey Snider
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Consumer prices were becoming exceptionally high, and policymakers at the Federal Reserve became increasingly worried they were falling behind. Having been forced into buying U.S. Treasurys—a lot of USTs—policymakers wanted to scrap the bond purchases and reverse course before it got to be too late, fearing the resulting overabundance of bank reserves.
Jeffrey Snider
Jeffrey Snider
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Jeff Snider is Chief Strategist for Atlas Financial and co-host of the popular Eurodollar University podcast. Jeff is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system, specifically the Eurodollar reserve currency system and its grossly misunderstood intricacies and inner workings, in particular repo/securities lending markets.
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