The MBS Slope n’ Swap
About this episode
The episode discusses a financial strategy involving the Fed's potential swap of mortgages for government debt to manage the money supply.
If executed perfectly, this swap allows the Fed to neutralize a shrinking money supply by swapping $2 trillion in mortgages for $2 trillion in government debt. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/mbs-slope-n-swap
Topics covered
- economics
- monetary policy
- government debt
- mortgages
- financial markets
Keywords
- Fed
- mortgages
- government debt
- money supply
- financial strategy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fed, Mises Institute
Books & works: The MBS Slope n’ Swap
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