This from end of of last year.
WTF Chart Of The Day: Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-31/fed-s-reverse-repo-facility-usa..
quote:
The Fed Bank of New York drained $197.8 billion today, the largest amount in a test of its fixed-rate reverse repo facility that began operation in September, through 102 bidders. Yesterday, it drained $102.6 billion from the banking system with 75 bidders.
From end of March. Notice the chart trends From Jan-March, as well.
$242 Billion: That Is How Much Record "Window Dressing" Banks Got Today Thanks To The Fed
quote:
some $242 billion in Treasurys in what is now the biggest reverse repo operation in history, a privilege for which the collateral-starved banks paid the Fed the king's ransom of 0.05% in annual interest, i.e., nothing.
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