Robert Aro on the Fed's Reverse Repo Trick

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Bob interviews researcher Robert Aro about the Fed's reverse repo facility and its impact on the financial system.

Bob sits down with researcher Robert Aro to review his recent Mises.org article on why the widely anticipated post-QT crash never materialized. They trace the answer back to the Fed's reverse repo facility, which quietly injected trillions back into the financial system even as the official balance sheet was shrinking, and what the depletion of that buffer might mean for what comes next. Related: Robert's Power & Market Post, "Why the Crash Was Delayed": Mises.org/HAP547a Bob’s Article, “The Inverted Yield Curve and Recession”: Mises.org/HAP547b The Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree

People in this episode

Host: Bob

Guest: Robert Aro

Topics covered

• Federal Reserve
• reverse repo
• financial system
• economic analysis
• market trends

Keywords

• Federal Reserve
• reverse repo
• financial system
• QT crash
• economic analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mises Institute, Mises.org

Books & works: Why the Crash Was Delayed, The Inverted Yield Curve and Recession

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