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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. Implied repo rate - Wikipedia

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    To determine the cheapest bond in a basket of deliverable bonds against a futures contract, implied repo rate is computed for each bond; the bond with the highest repo rate is the cheapest. It is the cheapest because it has the lowest initial value to yield a higher return provided it is delivered with the stated futures price.

  4. Discount window - Wikipedia

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    The interest rate charged on such loans by a central bank is called the bank rate, discount rate, policy rate, base rate, or repo rate, and is separate and distinct from the prime rate. It is also not the same thing as the federal funds rate or its equivalents in other currencies, which determine the rate at which banks lend money to each other .

  5. Fed cuts reverse repo rate by wider margin than funds rate target

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    The Fed said that the reverse repo rate will now stand at 4.25% from its prior level of 4.55%, marking a 30 basis point easing, while it lowered the federal funds target rate range by a quarter ...

  6. Some Fed policymakers open to lowering the overnight repo rate

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    The so-called overnight reverse repurchase agreement rate, one of two technical lending rates the Fed uses to ensure the federal funds rate stays within its monetary policy target range, is ...

  7. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    Reducing the federal funds rate makes money cheaper, allowing an influx of credit into the economy through all types of loans. The charts referenced below show the relation between S&P 500 and interest rates. July 13, 1990 – Sept 4, 1992: 8.00–3.00% (Includes 1990–1991 recession) [21] [22] Feb 1, 1995 – Nov 17, 1998: 6.00–4.75 [23 ...

  8. Will the Fed Cut Interest Rates Next Week? Here's What Wall ...

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    The Fed hiked the federal funds rate (overnight interest rates) to a two-decade high of 5.33% between Mar. 2022 and Aug. 2023, in order to tame an inflation surge that resulted from pandemic ...

  9. Fixed income arbitrage - Wikipedia

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    The group paying the fixed-rate, which is the owner of the Treasury bond financed at the repurchased rate, will also receive a fixed-coupon on the yield to maturity (E.g. yield to maturity of the treasury bond), whilst paying interest on the repurchase agreement, known as repo financing. [7]