How The Fed Is Shifting Its QT Program Into Higher Gear

The video discusses the Federal Reserve's plan to double its pace of quantitative tightening, reducing its balance sheet by $95 billion monthly. This includes $60 billion in treasuries and $35 billion in mortgage-backed securities. The Fed will sell non-maturing T-bills to manage this reduction, impacting market liquidity. Money market funds may use cash from the Fed's reserve repo facility to purchase these T-bills, potentially decreasing the facility's usage.

What is the significance of the $2.2 trillion cash parked in the Fed's reserve repo facility?

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What might happen to the usage of the repo facility as a result of the Treasury bills being sold?

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