Kashkari and Waller: More government debt is now inflationary, NOT deflationary like consensus thinks (FFTT, 10/15/24)
Analysts said one reason for the jump in repo volume was the surge in so-called basis trades, a trading strategy which takes advantage of the difference in price between cash Treasuries and futures. These are financed in the repo market and their size has exploded with record bets against Treasury futures amassed by leveraged funds. -Reuters, “Surging US repo activity likely exacerbating funding pressure”, 10/11/24 KASHKARI: IF US DEBT CONTINUES TO CLIMB, NEUTRAL RATE WILL CLIMB