@dampedspring 100%. If retails and commercial banks didn’t do this their net income would be very volatile (0% & low pass thru liabs, fed funds linked assets).
@nickgiva1 10Y USD real up 350bps. DXY up say 15% or so. Over same period Gold up say 10%. On a relative value Gold looks very rich here. Maybe this time is different. But not sure the odds are on the side of a gold long here.
@josephwang So the corporate borrowers mostly use term sofr. Which fixes in advance? What’s the relevance of credit component? Banking system credit component will presumably be embedded in the margin they set on the loan?