US Federal Reserve moves to ensure liquidity in money market mutual funds

The new facility will offer "support for the flow of credit to households and businesses" by ensuring the $3.8 trillion money market mutual fund industry can sell its holdings of US Treasury bonds

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Reuters Washington
1 min read Last Updated : Mar 19 2020 | 10:59 AM IST

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday night rolled out its third emergency credit program in two days, announcing it would make loans to banks that offer as collateral assets purchased from money market mutual funds.

The new facility through the Boston Federal Reserve bank will offer "support for the flow of credit to households and businesses" by ensuring the $3.8 trillion money market mutual fund industry can sell its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and other high quality assets at full value if investors ask to withdraw their cash.

 

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First Published: Mar 19 2020 | 10:58 AM IST

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