@slapdash__ I understand your point, but just because money isn't destroyed doesn't mean velocity of money isn't impacted. Interbank facility usage isn't going to result in the same loan run rate as before the credit tightening event
@slapdash__ Cash received by dealers would be held to reduce borrowing needs or in the case of primary dealers lent out to others in the system to satisfy demand for leverage. I don’t think that money would be wired out to a regional bank and lent to businesses in the real economy
@dampedspring Increasing wealth disparity due to asset price compounding effects over the post-WWII expansion requires young people w/o generational wealth to seek higher absolute returns to "catch up." Imo the pos. convexity / lotto trades are rational in that context (memes, crypto, 0DTEs)