Fed official cautions on scrambling for government-only US funds

A top Federal Reserve official warned converting US money funds to government-only from prime could be steeply reverted and affect the general policy implementation when a new tool is gradually ditched. New York Fed Markets Group Head Simon Potter said money funds, a tool wrenching interest rates from close to zero, are only interim. Over 100 funds have secured an access to overnight repurchase facility rendering a 0.25% short-term yield on cash. Many of them are scrambling to make the change in recent months. The Securities and Exchange Commission has given them until October to redeem prime funds. Published: 2016-02-23 01:19:00 UTC+00 BACK TO NEWS LIST

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