#50 How much money does the US Treasury have?

<p>Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/</p> <p>Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/</p> <p><br></p> <p>This is the fiftieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Contents</p> <p>00:00 Intro</p> <p>00:58 Weekly balance sheet update</p> <p>03:30 To be clear: Base money is Notes + Bank reserves</p> <p>05:50 Treasury general account (an &#39;other&#39; Fed deposit)</p> <p>10:50 TGA during covid pandemic</p> <p>14:10 Treasury doesn&#39;t influence monetary policy... right?</p> <p>22:04 Brief review of (non-bank) Reverse repo facility</p> <p>25:20 Final review of the Fed&#39;s four main liabilities</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here we look at the 108 year, 5,655 week history of the Federal Reserve and its balance sheet. In this one we are looking specifically at the &#39;Treasury General Account;&#39; that is, how much money does the US Treasury actually have in its bank account!</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://porkopolis.io</p> <p>https://twitter.com/crypto_voices</p> <p><br></p> <p>Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.</p>