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  2. Repurchase agreement - Wikipedia

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    A repurchase agreement, also known as a repo, RP, or sale and repurchase agreement, is a form of short-term borrowing, mainly in government securities.The dealer sells the underlying security to investors and, by agreement between the two parties, buys them back shortly afterwards, usually the following day, at a slightly higher price.

  3. Dollar roll - Wikipedia

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    A dollar roll is similar to a reverse repurchase agreement and provides a form of collateralized short-term financing with mortgage-backed securities comprising the collateral. [1] The investor sells a mortgage-backed security for settlement on one date and buys it back for settlement at a later date.

  4. Open market operation - Wikipedia

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    In macroeconomics, an open market operation (OMO) is an activity by a central bank to exchange liquidity in its currency with a bank or a group of banks. The central bank can either transact government bonds and other financial assets in the open market or enter into a repurchase agreement or secured lending transaction with a commercial bank.

  5. US financial markets watchdog to collect data on bilateral repo

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    The Office of Financial Research (OFR), a U.S. Treasury Department-based research powerhouse, said on Monday it has adopted a final rule that will allow it to collect data on certain transactions ...

  6. Haircut (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Haircut plays an important role in many kinds of trades, such as repurchase agreements (referred to in debt-instrument finance as "repo" but not to be confused with the concept of repossession denoted by that term in consumer finance) and reverse repurchase agreements ("reverse repo" in debt-instrument finance).

  7. Fed looks set to tweak reverse repo rate to speed exit of cash

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    While the federal funds rate target is seen being trimmed by a quarter-percentage-point to between 4.25% and 4.50%, the reverse repo rate, or RRP, is seen falling to 4.25% from its current setting ...

  8. Fed looks set to tweak reverse repo rate to speed exit of cash

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    The Fed’s reverse repo rate is designed to set a soft floor for short-term interest rates. Along with the rate paid to deposit-taking banks for reserves, it helps keep the Fed's policy rate ...

  9. Liquidity adjustment facility - Wikipedia

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    Repo and reverse repo rates were announced separately until the monetary policy statement on 3 May 2011. In this monetary policy statement, it has been decided that the reverse repo rate would not be announced separately but will be linked to the repo rate. The reverse repo rate will be 100 basis points below the repo rate. The liquidity ...