Fed Liquidity Flood Pushes Money Market and CP Rates Back on Target. The
Federal Reserve injected
three rounds and over $35 billion in liquidity into the money markets today in an attempt to push the Federal funds rate down to its target 5.
25%. Fed funds were trading around 5.
5% this morning, and still remain above target.
Yesterday, CP rates traded up as high as 6.01% for A2/P2 non-financial CP and 5.52% for AA nonfinancial CP. (
See
Federal Reserve CP page.)