Federal Reserve's Recent Reserve Management Plan: An Upgrade to Qualitative Easing

According to ChainCatcher, former Morgan Stanley NFA trader Jeff Park recently commented on the X platform regarding the Federal Reserve's newly announced reserve management-driven purchase plan. Although labeled as 'reserve management,' Park argues that it essentially represents quantitative easing (QE), albeit upgraded to 'qualitative easing. ' In a system with ample reserves, these reserves possess perfect balance sheet flexibility due to a 0% risk weight under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), surpassing the flexibility of short-term government bonds. This flexibility explains the sudden relaxation of the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) rules before Thanksgiving and the swift announcement of a $40 billion monthly purchase plan within two weeks before the end of quantitative tightening (QT) source: https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/33598289785969?utm_source=BinanceNewsRSS