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On a (Hopefully Temporary) Hiatus
Hi to all the readers of Monetary Mechanics, Recently, as you may have already noticed, I have had a change in life and work circumstances, which means…
Oct 25, 2022
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August 2022
Issue #55: The 1974 Failure of Bankhaus Herstatt and the Rise of Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
On a daily basis, trillions of dollars flow between financial market participants in securities, derivatives, and foreign exchange contracts. Moreover…
Aug 1, 2022
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July 2022
Issue #54: Understanding Balance Sheet Capacity
Part 2: A Deeper Dive
Jul 18, 2022
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June 2022
Issue #53: The Origins and Evolution of the Modern Monetary System
Part 9: "Securitization" – Repo as a Driver of Securitization
Jun 25, 2022
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Issue #52: The Origins and Evolution of the Modern Monetary System
Part 8: "Liability Management" – Repo as a Liability Management Tool
Jun 15, 2022
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Issue #51: Understanding Balance Sheet Capacity
Part 1: A General Overview
Jun 7, 2022
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May 2022
Issue #50: Trade Idea – Short stETH
In this issue of Monetary Mechanics, I am going to do something a little different. In September 2021, I released a trade idea, which was to short CNH…
May 31, 2022
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Issue #49: Quantitative Tightening: The Federal Reserve’s Portfolio of Mortgage-Backed Securities
In the previous issue of Monetary Mechanics, I offered a high-level overview of the various scenarios that could occur as the Federal Reserve begins to…
May 22, 2022
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Issue #48: Quantitative Tightening
Since the Federal Reserve is on the brink of beginning its quantitative tightening (QT) program, beginning June 1, I thought that I should dedicate an…
May 16, 2022
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April 2022
Issue #47: Consensus Mechanisms in Traditional Finance and Decentralized Finance
In Issue #36 of Monetary Mechanics, I introduced the idea that blockchain-based finance (i.e. decentralized finance a.k.a. DeFi) is a fundamental…
Apr 23, 2022
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March 2022
Issue #46: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis – Could China Be a Lifeline for Russia’s Banks?
In the previous issue of Monetary Mechanics, I provided an overview of the economic sanctions that have been placed upon Russia by the West, focusing…
Mar 27, 2022
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Issue #45: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Ramifications for Global Payment Systems
On February 22, 2022, the United States imposed its first tranche of economic sanctions against Russia, after Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of…
Mar 14, 2022
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