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Examples
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Yeh, Lehman bros crashed because they kept some 50 billion in repos hidden and derivatives gambles which had nothing to do with Barney or Dodd.
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In its letter to the SEC, which has been posted as a regulatory filing, BofA disclosed details of how it erroneously classified some short-term repos as sales when they should have been classified as borrowings over the past few years.
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I say "remarkably" because, until recently, short-term repos had always been regarded as virtually risk-free instruments and thus largely immune to the type of rollover or withdrawal risks associated with short-term unsecured obligations.
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On Thursday, it drained funds via short-term repos for the first time since the end of January.
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OMOs comprise short-term repos at Bank Rate, long-term repos at market rates determined in variable-rate tenders and outright purchases of high-quality bonds.
FT.com | Blogs 2009
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The fed has been taking on risky assets as collateral for short term repos and for other credit lending facilities, trying to re-liquefy the credit markets.
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Generally, term repos are for an average period of one week.
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Generally, term repos are for an average period of one week.
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One big concern: REITs use short-term borrowing arrangements called repos, or repurchase agreements, to leverage their purchases of the low-yielding securities.
Reason to Pull REITs from the Wreckage John Jannarone 2011
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Money market funds held by millions of Americans hold some $1.3 trillion in securities directly or indirectly exposed to Treasury and government agency securities, as well as short-term loans to financial institutions, known as repos, which are backed by Treasurys.
S&P Strips U.S. of Top Credit Rating Damian Paletta 2011
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