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2008-12-31 — bloomberg.com
Demand for Treasuries is so great that investors are lending cash for next to nothing to obtain the securities as collateral through repurchase agreements, or so-called repos. The problem is market participants haven’t always delivered the bonds, causing “fails†to exceed $5 trillion at their peak, according to the New York Fed.
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