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To help ensure the continued flow of credit to households and businesses and support smooth market functioning, the Federal Reserve yesterday announced that it will establish new facilities for commercial paper funding and primary dealer credit using its authority under Section 13(3) of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Outstanding household debt increased by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, rising by $193 billion to land at $14.15 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported today.

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In remarks in New York last night, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles suggested that making reserves and Treasury securities more interchangeable from a liquidity regulation and supervision perspective could help improve the efficiency of the financial system and prevent sudden liquidity crunches in the markets, such as those that occurred last September.

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