First, the Federal Reserve could drain bank reserves and reduce the excess liquidity at other institutions by arranging large-scale reverse repurchase agreements with financial market participants, including banks, government-sponsored enterprises and other institutions.

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There is no sign of a Labour reverse on anything like this scale.

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There is no economy of scale that can reverse this trend.

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