Despite Doing the Twist and QE Infinity Overnight Rates Continue to Surge

“You wouldn’t know the Federal Reserve has done nothing but add to its record monetary stimulus from looking at short-term funding markets.

The federal funds effective rate on overnight loans between banks was 0.16 percent on Nov. 21, up from 0.06 percent at the end of September 2011, the month Fed officials announced they would begin swapping short-term securities in their portfolio for long-term debt under Operation Twist. The rate for borrowing and lending Treasuries for one day through repurchase agreements also has surged.”

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