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Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by dash2 on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:44PM (#25552702)
I wish I had some data on what big banks are doing with the very cheap money they can borrow. Anyone know any sources?
Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by RobertoG on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:06PM (#25553389)
I don't think banks are borrowing any money (reserves). Banks borrow reserves from other banks or the central bank when they are lending and they have not enough reserves.

In the current situation the central banks has been buying assets from the banks in order to increase the reserves available, so banks have a lot of reserves and don't need to borrow. In fact, I don't think they know what to do with so much liquidity because there are not enough demand of credit in the economy.