One Sign Treasuries Liquidity Is Better Than It’s Been in Years
- The nation’s debt backs growing amount of tri-party repos
- Share of deals reaches 47%, most since Fed data began in 2010
What's Driving Foreign Interest in U.S. Bonds?
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A crucial corner of the bond market is signaling that dealers are having an easier time financing their Treasuries holdings, reducing concern that liquidity has become strained in trading of some U.S. government debt.
In the $1.6 trillion tri-party repurchase-agreement market, where dealers turn for short-term funding and investors park cash, Treasuries served as collateral for almost half of transactions in July. That’s the largest share since the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began compiling the data in 2010.