So is this artificial money printing?

Well, yes. This is basically when the bank needs liquidity for operations by lending their collateral, mostly Treasuries, to the Fed overnight. Pay the Fed some interest for the overnight loan then take the collateral back. Bank liquidity operation

Someone someday will have to provide productivity for all that cash. Right?…..

It was more than that - about $56b + another $46b from the banks reserve (mortgage backed). Figures approx.

Ah yes silver is going to break the pieces of shit

Brace for impact...

https://media4.giphy.com/media/xzG4bMGnjWhDV8yefe/200w.webp

This surge in repo usage is coming as the Fed ended its Quantitative Tightening program in December 2025, reversing a long period of balance sheet shrinkage, and is part of a broader shift back toward liquidity support tools rather than contraction

My new iPad Mini Pro is amazing! Forget iOS “liquid glass,” with it I swear I can smell fear reading this story! Keep up the innovation, sweat is sure to follow! 🤣

The system is cracking.

Why is this surprising? Fiat isn’t real money people..🙄

Just plotted the 'net repo' (RPTTLD and RRPTTLD data taken from https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=379), this seems like quite a non-event to be honest. https://blossom.primal.net/087e5ff8768a088fabd2dc2707446b63cc787f0d0fb6c3a43400188e735cd63b.jpg