The Treasury Department is beginning to buy tens of billions of dollars in US bonds in a push to bolster the market. In a series of announcements, the department details its $50 billion buyback operation, which started on August 7th and will last until October 31st. The agency is looking to buy both short and
During July several institutions conducted experiments as part of the Eurosystem wholesale DLT settlement trials using central bank money. One test involved BayernLB issuing a digital registered bond to test the use of DLT for ownership assignment and settlement. Stadtsparkasse München was the buyer and made the payment using the Deutsche Bundesbank Trigger solution. The
U.S. stocks opened lower after global markets plunged overnight over worry about the health of the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 Index was down 8.6% Monday morning before gaining much of it back and the NASDAQ Futures Index fell 6% after global markets plunged over worries about a possible recession in the world’s biggest economy.