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Loan Officer Survey
The Loan Officer Survey tracks bank lending standards and loan demand, providing insight into whether credit supply is tightening or easing in the real economy.
Money Supply
Money supply is the measured stock of money — M0/MB, M1, M2 — a quantity that depends on what you count as money.
Triffin Dilemma
The Triffin dilemma is the conflict of a reserve-currency issuer: the world needs the issuer to run liabilities (deficits) for reserve supply, but those deficits eventually undermine confidence in the reserve asset.
Consumer Confidence Index
Consumer Confidence Index — Household expectations that influence spending, labor supply, and political pressure on policy.
Labor Force Participation
Labor Force Participation — Supply-side labor availability affecting wage pressure and potential output estimates.
Repo Spike 2019
Mid-September 2019 US GC/SOFR printed in the double digits for a day as reserves met a tax date and bill supply — a plumbing scare that created the standing repo facility debate.
CLO Issuance
CLO Issuance — Structured credit supply that absorbs leveraged loans and shapes spread regimes.
Treasury Auction Bid-to-Cover Ratio
Treasury auction bid-to-cover ratio measures the amount of demand relative to supply at an auction and is used to assess investor appetite for government debt.
QT Pace
QT pace refers to the speed at which the Federal Reserve allows assets to roll off its balance sheet, affecting reserves, duration supply, and market liquidity.
Dual Mandate
The Fed’s dual mandate is maximum employment and stable prices — two goals that agree in a demand shock and fight in a supply shock.
Limit Order Book
A limit order book is the visible (and sometimes hidden) queue of bids and offers at discrete prices that constitutes the tradable supply and demand of a continuous electronic market.
CLO Issuance
CLO Issuance — Structured credit supply that absorbs leveraged loans and shapes spread regimes.
Consumer Confidence Index
Consumer Confidence Index — Household expectations that influence spending, labor supply, and political pressure on policy.
Dual Mandate
The Fed’s dual mandate is maximum employment and stable prices — two goals that agree in a demand shock and fight in a supply shock.
Labor Force Participation
Labor Force Participation — Supply-side labor availability affecting wage pressure and potential output estimates.
Limit Order Book
A limit order book is the visible (and sometimes hidden) queue of bids and offers at discrete prices that constitutes the tradable supply and demand of a continuous electronic market.
Loan Officer Survey
The Loan Officer Survey tracks bank lending standards and loan demand, providing insight into whether credit supply is tightening or easing in the real economy.
Money Supply
Money supply is the measured stock of money — M0/MB, M1, M2 — a quantity that depends on what you count as money.
QT Pace
QT pace refers to the speed at which the Federal Reserve allows assets to roll off its balance sheet, affecting reserves, duration supply, and market liquidity.
Repo Spike 2019
Mid-September 2019 US GC/SOFR printed in the double digits for a day as reserves met a tax date and bill supply — a plumbing scare that created the standing repo facility debate.
Treasury Auction Bid-to-Cover Ratio
Treasury auction bid-to-cover ratio measures the amount of demand relative to supply at an auction and is used to assess investor appetite for government debt.
Triffin Dilemma
The Triffin dilemma is the conflict of a reserve-currency issuer: the world needs the issuer to run liabilities (deficits) for reserve supply, but those deficits eventually undermine confidence in the reserve asset.