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Money Market Developments:
Views from the Desk
Lorie Logan – Senior Vice President, MOMA Head and Interim SOMA Manager
Annual Primary Dealer Meeting
November 4, 2019

Figure 1
Ample Reserves Operating Framework

Interest rate

Supply of reserve
balances

Discount Window Rate
(primary credit rate)
Interest on Reserves
Overnight Reverse
Repo Rate
0

Demand for reserve
balances

Reserve
balances

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Figure 2
SOMA Treasury Allocation Relative to Universe
SOMA holdings as a percent of SOMA Treasury portfolio
Percent

Treasuries outstanding as a percent of Treasury universe

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Bills

< 3Y

3Y to 7Y

7Y to 30Y

TIPS

FRNs

Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; U.S. Treasury Department.

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Figure 3
Outstanding Temporary Open Market Operations
$ Billions
300

Term repo
ON repo

Total repo offered
250
200
150
100
50
0
09/17

09/23

09/27

10/03

10/09

10/16

10/22

10/28

11/01

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Figure 4
Reserve Balances
$ billions
2,000

Initiation of repo
operations

1,900
1,800

1,700
1,600
1,500
1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100

1,000
8/29/2018

11/29/2018

2/28/2019

5/31/2019

8/31/2019

Sources: Board of Governors; Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff calculations.

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Figure 5
Federal Reserve Notes
$ billions

2,000

1,750

1,500

1,250

1,000

750
01/03/2007

01/03/2009

01/03/2011

01/03/2013

01/03/2015

01/03/2017

01/03/2019

Source: Board of Governors.

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Figure 6
Variability of Non-Reserve Liabilities
$ billions

Distributions of Changes in Weekly Levels of
Non-Reserve Liabilities*

*Boxes indicate interquartile ranges, and whiskers indicate minimum and maximum outcomes. Data show the distribution of changes in
weekly averages of daily figures for liabilities outside the direct control of the Fed (FR notes, Treasury accounts, foreign repo pool, and
other deposits) and capital through Oct 23 2019. Liabilities associated with monetary policy instruments (overnight and term reverse repos
conducted with private counterparties and term deposits held by depository institutions) are not included.
Sources: Board of Governors; Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff calculations.

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