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title: Who’s Borrowing and Lending in Repo Markets?
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/fip-fednls-103821/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-10-23
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: RePEc:fip:fednls:103821
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fip:fednls:103821
featured: 2026-10-23
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Who’s Borrowing and Lending in Repo Markets?

The research examines who participates in U.S. repo markets, the trade-offs influencing repo segment structure, and the implications for monetary policy transmission.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fip:fednls:103821
- Identifier: RePEc:fip:fednls:103821
- Released: 2026-10-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 136 (2026-10-23): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-23/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
- Authors: Gara Afonso, Jun-Davinci Choi, Gonzalo Cisternas, Will Riordan

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