Tag: treasury market

The Treasury Market Is the Fed’s Next Crisis

Commentary The Federal Reserve’s next crisis is already brewing. Unlike 2008, where subprime mortgages froze counter-party trading in the credit markets as Lehman Brothers failed, in 2022, it might just be the $27 trillion Treasury market. When historians review 2022, many will remember it as a year when nothing worked. Such is far different than…


Secretary Yellen Worried About Liquidity in the Treasury Market

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen admitted to being concerned about liquidity in the Treasury debt market during an event in Washington on Oct. 12. The potential loss of liquidity is a worrying situation, Yellen said in a question-and-answer session following a speech at the event, according to Bloomberg. She pointed out that even…