Reverse repo

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Published: 22nd February 2010 by William Webster

There are two parties to a repurchase transaction (repo). The party that provides (sells) the collateral is doing a repo. The party that takes (buys) the collateral is doing a reverse repo. Let's see this in a diagram:

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