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How bowling shoes help explain the repo market

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 9, 2019
It’s a wonky subject, but important. Arcades, power grids and plumbing systems also help make sense of it.
If you want to understand the repo market, think about renting shoes at a bowling alley.
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What exactly is the repo market?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Sep 18, 2019
It's how banks borrow money overnight. And it got a little crazy this week.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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