Hello everyone. Benvenuti in English for Economists. Queste sono brevi lezioni di inglese pensate specialmente per le persone che lavorano in economia e finanza.
Questo è il numero della lezione del podcast 41, e oggi è maggio 25, 2022.
In today’s lesson, we’ll take a look at recent behavior in money market funds. There is a flight to quality these days, brought on by decreasing stock prices, and a lot of post-covid stimulus cash moving around. Since the Fed has reduced the number of short-term Treasury Bills it is issuing, money is getting parked in something called reverse repos.
Così, today’s lesson is about money markets, and you’ll learn –– or at least you will review –– the following words and acronyms.
VOCABOLARIO
- Stash
- Record
- Flock
- RRP
- Scale back
- Surge
Adesso, all of these words come from this headline that was published recently in the Financial Times.
Bene. That’s a lot of information transmitted in very few words. That’s why the vocabulary used in headlines can be so useful for you. They are usually words that are very rich in meaning.
DISCUSSIONE
Let’s start with the first line: Banks and funds stash record $2tn overnight at Fed facility
Two words to look at here: The verb “stash” and the adjective “record”.
Così, A “stash” means to store something, especially a large amount of money, in a safe place.
Sometimes “to stash” can also have the meaning of “to hide”, Per esempio, “she stashed her money under the mattress to keep it safe”.
A stash.
Prossimo, la parola “Record”. Adesso, this is an adjective. It qualifies the noun phrase “$2tn”. It was a record amount of money deposited. There had never been so much. It was a record.
Adesso, don’t confuse this with the verb “Record”, as in, I use a microphone to record my voice.
Next line: Investors in search of safe assets flock to overnight RRP
Here, “flock” means “to move together”. Birds flock, a proposito. They travel in large groups. In fact, a group of birds is called a flock. Flock.
RRP? These are Reverse repurchase agreements. Repos and reverse repos are used for short-term borrowing and lending, often overnight. RRP.
Bene. Last line: Hedge funds scale back bets on US stocks as losses surge
Così, “scale back” is to reduce. To make it smaller. E in questo caso, they are scaling back their bets in the US stock market as losses “surge”. Scale back.
Adesso, we’ve seen the word “surge” a few times in these. “Surge” means a sudden, strong increase. Così, in questo caso, the strong, sudden losses on bets in US stocks, is pushing banks and hedge funds into reverse repos. Journalists love to use the word “surge” because it really transmits energy.
CONCLUSIONE
Bene. Questo è tutto per questa lezione. A similar lesson that might interest you is our lesson on Auctions.
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Keep studying and you’ll keep learning. It really is as simple as that.
Fino alla prossima volta, questo è Alan Robert. Remember you can reach out to me Qui with any questions or comments. Arrivederci.
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