Early-morning action in the repo market shows a musical chairs-like collateral scramble; it has the Fed's attention. But the Fed is blasé about it (i.e. 'too much cash'). Yet these collateral scrambles resemble what we saw in March 2020.----SEE EPISODE #91----Alhambra YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Xp3royEmil YouTube: https://bit.ly/310yisL----HEAR EPISODE #91---Vurbl: https://bit.ly/3rq4dPnApple: https://apple.co/3czMcWNDeezer: https://bit.ly/3ndoVPEiHeart: https://ihr.fm/31jq7cITuneIn: http://tun.in/pjT2ZCastro: https://bit.ly/30DMYzaGoogle: https://bit.ly/3e2Z48MSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3arP8mYPandora: https://pdora.co/2GQL3QgBreaker: https://bit.ly/2CpHAFOCastbox: https://bit.ly/3fJR5xQPodbean: https://bit.ly/2QpaDghStitcher: https://bit.ly/2C1M1GBPlayerFM: https://bit.ly/3piLtjVPodchaser: https://bit.ly/3oFCrwNPocketCast: https://pca.st/encarkdtSoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3l0yFfKListenNotes: https://bit.ly/38xY7pbAmazonMusic: https://amzn.to/2UpEk2PPodcastAddict: https://bit.ly/2V39Xjr----EP #91 TOPICS-------01:53 Montana Senator Daines asked a Jeff-Snider-question to Jerome Powell in testimony. 05:02 Jerome Powell stated the Fed is focusing on the [dead] Federal Funds rate / range. WHY?!06:29 In later testimony Powell changes his mind from "too much cash" to "not little collateral"11:11 The NYFed notices that most repo transactions take place very early in the morning. Why?13:39 Early morning collateral scrambles? The repo market? These took place in March 2020.17:53 The NYFed offers several other reasons for the scramble: fees and liquidity.19:07 The NYFed notes that more trades are taking place pre-market (to preempt the scramble?)20:27 Monday, July 19 UST Bond yields dropped - but that was not a Jeff Snider "collateral day"23:32 Tuesday, July 20 UST Bill yields traced out a fang-like drop in an early morning scramble25:25 Show Conclusion: collateral scrambles are not rainbow/unicorn-reflationary phenomena----EP #91 REFERENCES---Lower Yields And (fewer) Bills: https://bit.ly/3BDZSxiWhy Don't Bonds Reflect CPI Alarm About Inflation?: https://bit.ly/3kMx2oqSorry, One More On Bills: Today A Really Good Example of All The Things We’ve Been Focused On Lately: https://bit.ly/3i20FAoIntraday Timing of General Collateral Repo Markets: https://nyfed.org/2VbxIZvAlhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wWRealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7 ---------WHO-----------Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments and Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Podcast intro/outro is "Night Driver" by Ballpoint and Cushy from Epidemic Sound.