How does fed add liquidity to the financial markets?

[mark77418]

Can anybody please explain this.

 

[just21]

They lend money to banks when the banks will not lend to each other.

 

[makloda]

Quote from mark77418:
Can anybody please explain this.

Here you go:

 

[lassic]

http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/omo/dmm/temp.cfm
go here, I cant explain. can get emails daily. for today, just headlines

Temporary OMO: Fed adds $19.00 billion with 3 day RP

and

Temporary OMO: Fed adds $16.00 billion with 3 day RP

tried to track with daily movements but gave up after couple weeks, found no correlation but two weeks is not enough data to test, so take it what it's worth

 

[lilboy716]

just to calm it down till Monday eh?

 

[runningman]

Quote from lilboy716:

just to calm it down till Monday eh?

Just to calm it down till GS can liquidate some funds might be more accurate.

 

[daddyeaux]

the fed. purchases treasuries or other interest rate instruments from the banks for dollars with a promise to repurchase them in the future as liquidity needs change

 

[newbunch]

Quote from runningman:

Just to calm it down till GS can liquidate some funds might be more accurate.

Sounds like Dinosuars' explanation of trickle down economics:
Rich people live in big houses on top of hills.
If rich people pay less tax they will have lots of extra money in their pockets.
That money will then spillover out of their pockets and roll down the hills to where the poor people live.

 

[Thunderdog]

Quote from makloda:

Here you go:

 

[riaamaan]

Most likely, they create more money with a ledger entry and then distribute it electronically. Being the private banker to a country is a sweet gig if you can get it. Do no work, make all the money.