2019-10-24cnbc.com

"The repo market has been drugged into submission by the Fed," said Jim Bianco, head of Bianco Research. "That's fine for a while. But what I am getting concerned about is that they're not figuring a way to get it off the drug and get it back to normal, and that will be a problem longer term for them."

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Market pros worry that a confluence of factors will make the Fed's market balancing act difficult.

Bianco insists that the Fed is not being discerning enough about credit quality in providing cash in exchange for collateral; others are concerned with what happens as the year draws to a close and banks are more focused on shoring up their liquidity mandates than keeping cash flowing in the overnight markets.



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