It’s been a while since we saw any major dislocations in the Treasury repo market, i.e., collateral shortages as a result of surging TSY shorts, for the simple reason that after the first quarter when everyone was certain that Trump reflation trade would kick in but didn’t, the record number of built up spec net shorts got trampled by the rising price, rapidly shifting over to record longs.
However, the peace and quiet quiet in the repo market was shattered this week, when almost overnight the 10Y went from “normal” in repo, at a rate of 0.50% on Friday, to a special -2.00% on Monday, and then a Super Special, if not record, “fails rate” of -3.50% this morning.
Commenting on this dramatic move in 10Y repo rates, Stone McCarthy’s Alan Chernoff, in a note titled “Epic Fail”, writes that “the 10-year note has been below the fails rate and shows no signs of moving! It opened at -350 basis points, and though pressure has eased off of it slightly, it is STILL below the fails rate at -300 basis points.”
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 7, 2017.
Follow on Twitter
Recent Comments