Reference Guide to U.S. Repo and Securities Lending Markets

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“…Repos are a major source of financing for dealers. Thus, their availability captures the amount of financing that is available to them (Baklanova, Copeland, and Mccaughrin ; Banti and Phylaktis ). Monthly data are available from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank of England.…”