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The liquidity factor will be roughly neutral during 1H22, as $60 billion per month of Treasury balance sheet contraction is likely to be offset by a draining of the Treasury General Account at the Fed due to issuance being constrained by the GOP’s use of the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip to slow spending growth.

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Yes a couple of people caught that, unfortunately my editor didn’t nor did I after a couple of re-reads. 1H23

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Barry, do you mean to say “1H23” instead of “1H22”? See 👆

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