There is a headline on DJ that the US Justice Dept says the Treasury is legally bound to inject capital into the GSEs. As that story was breaking there came reports that the Fed was actually in buying $5bln of agency paper. Stock prices have rallied from down a couple percent to up a couple percent on the news, while Tsy yields have tumbled as race into much higher-yield paper is on. The flight-to-safety flows into the yen and the dollar have reversed as well, with USD/JPY rallying from 92.00 to 93.38 in a little over an hour. EUR/JPY is rallying, dragging EUR.USD up, too, while EUR/CHF is taking a run at the recent trend highs at 1.5530.
The good news is that we finally found a buyer for things most investors have been shunning. The bad news is that the Fed is the buyer. Perhaps they can lead by example. One can only hope.
The good news is that we finally found a buyer for things most investors have been shunning. The bad news is that the Fed is the buyer. Perhaps they can lead by example. One can only hope.
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