Overnight
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Of course, after two decades of conflict, Somalia’s problems will not be solved
overnight.
Change will not happen overnight, nor will it be driven by a single actor.
When change came, instead of following a slow democratic process, Russia replaced its discredited communist model
overnight
with a Harvard-designed blueprint that was also unfit for the country.
On one hand, developing countries should recognize that disruption, while happening fast, will not render their growth models obsolete
overnight.
But reconstruction doesn’t happen
overnight.
For them, a federal funds rate (the interest rate that banks charge each other for
overnight
loans of their reserves held at the Fed) of 5% seems as fantastic as a unicorn.
When the crisis erupted, companies and investors in the United States were lending their extra cash
overnight
to banks and other financial firms, which then had to repay the loans, plus interest, the following morning.
Because bank deposit insurance covered only up to $100,000, those with millions to store often preferred the
overnight
market, using ultra-safe long-term US Treasury obligations as collateral.
But
overnight
lenders could command even higher interest rates if they took as collateral a less-safe mortgage pool, so many did just that.
They balked at the idea of parking their cash overnight, with mortgage pools as collateral.
Now, however, the trillion-dollar
overnight
repo market in housing mortgages is so large that, when the housing market retreats, financial stability could be threatened.
In the face of a housing crisis, it is plausible that lenders would again panic, deciding that they cannot depend on untested processes to stabilize the banks and withdrawing their
overnight
loans.
The grim irony here is that, prior to such a shock, preparing for restructuring encourages lenders to provide more
overnight
loans.
This expands the
overnight
market, makes mortgage lending easier, and increases the costs of collapse.
What US authorities should do is strengthen protections for the
overnight
money market for US Treasuries, which aren’t subject to panics and bubbles, while rolling back most of the legal advantages enjoyed by short-term,
overnight
financing of mortgage-backed securities.
The
overnight
mortgage-pool market exists partly because there aren’t enough short-term US Treasury bills available for businesses that want easy access to cash without the risk implied by uninsured bank deposits.
Of course, with 15 countries relying on nuclear power for 25% or more of their electricity, we cannot abandon it
overnight.
Almost overnight, the humble bibliographic reference acquired symbolic significance, and science gained a scorecard.
The rule of law cannot be built
overnight.
In no time, Russia was back in the tank; decisive reform did not happen, confidence did not last,
overnight
investors tried to bail out - the rats left the ship, if you like the unflattering image.
In 2009, only five cents of every dollar of funding for many major banks came from equity; the rest was debt (deposits,
overnight
loans, and long-term loans).
And, while we cannot end terrorism overnight, we can show determination to stand up to it by making schools safe.
But change will not happen overnight, so Mexico needs short-term solutions to its travails.
A new typology in the social sciences developed practically
overnight
and became a staple of policymaking, with “fragile,” “weak,” “failed,” or “rogue” states signifying a danger that overshadowed any contextualized analysis of cause and effect.
The United Kingdom’s image has changed literally
overnight.
Where was the IMF when fragile Korean banks borrowed huge amounts abroad - with
overnight
maturities - to put the money in Brazilian and Russian bonds?
A country with sound public finances can thus become a fiscal basket case practically
overnight.
Of course, no fix to global warming will work
overnight.
They were concerned that the banks, through their wealth-management arms, were borrowing excessively on the
overnight
market to finance high-risk investments.
Old social structures were destroyed, socialist customs and habits vanished overnight, former norms and unwritten rules were abandoned.
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