liquidity

This morning’s swan dive in the euro stopped the Santa rally right in its tracks. We have two questions: 1) Has the ECB shot its wad as the lender of last resort providing massive liquidity to the banking system and leaving little…

Yet another rescue plan for the EMU is making its way through central Europe—with the ECB acting as lender of last resort to Euro-banks. It is trying the tried-and-failed Fed method of rescue. As we now know the Fed lent and spent over $29…

News links for 22 December 2011 including stories on the tech world, Europe, and the ECB

Who says the ECB can't keep up with the Fed. As the euro crisis has caused liquidity for euro zone banks to dry up, the ECB has taken on the intermediation role. In essence, they have taken on the dollar liquidity function that the US money…

The end of year is usually a good time for markets. There was a lot of angst about the European situation a few weeks ago, but there is less of that now because we're hitting year-end (tape painting). Does that mean the credit crisis…

The key question remains what the banks will do with the newly acquired funds. We suspect that to the extent banks buy sovereign bonds, they will purchase their own sovereign's bonds rather than their neighbor's. More details of the nuances…

I thought I should highlight that Marshall Auerback was on Fox Business yesterday since he writes here occasionally. I wish it were more often! Marshall was on message regarding the euro zone debt crisis. His point: Additional liquidity is…

To it’s credit, the ECB has been pretty good on the liquidity front all along. I’d give it an A grade for liquidity vs the Fed where I’d give a D grade for liquidity. Back in 2008 the ECB was quick to provide unlimited euro liquidity to its…

The euro extended its rally to a six day high, just shy of $1.32 before the results of the ECB's allotment. The results were at the upper end of expectations and the euro was returned to session lows. A classic buy the rumor of a strong…

Following the 1-year repo in June 09, there had been market talk of the money going into the short-term Italian and Spanish bonds. Yet we don't expect as much of new carry trades some officials might wish. The lion's share of the funds LTRO…