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...“The FDIC has political considerations here as well as financial,” said Kirill Krylov, MBS portfolio strategist at Baird....
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...BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory arm has long been the go-to team for central banks and governments when they need to deal with messy assets acquired during financial rescues....
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...In other words, if the US central bank’s QT plan stays on autopilot the share of MBS in the Fed’s overall portfolio actually go up over time, rather than down....
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