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PE55: Floored interest rate policy (X)

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2023-04-12

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This is the fifty-fifth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.




Contents


00:00 Intro


00:55 From discount rate to Discount window


05:25 2006 regulation allowing 'Interest on reserves'


07:38 IORR and IOER are dotted lines


09:35 How and why a 'corridor system?'


11:34 Floored!


19:40 It's definitely possible to lend any and all reserves...


20:18 ...Unless you have an IOR (floor) system


21:55 Not just Bernanke; Yellen & Powell too




Here we look at the Federal Reserve's weekly balance sheet versus its base policy interest rates.




The Fed has claimed they operate a 'Corridor system.' In reality, the system has been flooring interest rates since 2008, and I explain why in this video.




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