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on. Yet despite all that, Bernanke and his merry band of mad monetary scientists expect us to think an

met in D.C. and decided to fire up the printing presses. Led by "Helicopter Ben" Bernanke, they pledged to buy new Treasury securities whenever old Treasuries or mortgage securities matured over or were paid off. That means instead of shrinking its $2.05 trillion portfolio, the Fed will maintain it by pu

means instead of shrinking its $2.05 trillion portfolio, the Fed will maintain it by purchasing an estimated $10 billion to $20 billion per month in Treasuries. It's focusing on securities with maturities between two years and ten years. The stock market was impressed by the move — but only for a couple of

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has also been historically correlated with the US current account deficit as much of it was financed by the foreign official sector, which bought Treasuries for Official Reserves. The present current account deficit points to 25% of the lOy yield, so similar (55bps) but slightly higher BRP. Credit sprea

the local equity markets and adjusted the trading band around the renminbi, and by 104 basis points in l

e income. In the sections that follow, we review the specifics of each fixed income market. US Treasuries While 2016 began as a bumper year for US Treasuries, it ended in a rout. The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds, for example, reached an all-time low of just 1.36% by the middle of last year before joltin

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nks hold a 10% capital ratio. This plan would probably decrease the availability of leverage, and could also result in reduced demand for short-dated Treasuries in HQLA portfolios. Another risk to 30y swap spread normalization in particular would be a material increase in deficit spending as part of a fiscal