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This only applies to specials RP.

When a special security is in hot demand and short supplies, negative RP rate occurs because failure to deliver such security by the lender (the one who's lending out cash and receiving the special security in the RP deal) would incur some anciliary costs such as increasing capital charge, increasing labor cost and/or deteriorating customer relationship. The lender needs the special security most likely to satisfy its short selling obligations (ie. short sell that particular security in the past and now time to settle but doesn't have any on hand).
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  • Question about negative repo rates
    people are talking about negative repo rates, I have no idea in what circumstances a negative repo rate would make sense. Anyone has idea?
    • This only applies to specials RP.
      When a special security is in hot demand and short supplies, negative RP rate occurs because failure to deliver such security by the lender (the one who's lending out cash and receiving the special security in the RP deal) would incur some anciliary costs such as increasing capital charge, increasing labor cost and/or deteriorating customer relationship. The lender needs the special security most likely to satisfy its short selling obligations (ie. short sell that particular security in the past and now time to settle but doesn't have any on hand).
      • Thanks for the answer, it makes sense in such case. I just thought out another scenario
        If the security is trading at negative yield, then the repo trade with this security will have negative rate as well. That's why I heard a lot of discussion of this recently.
        • This is not the root cause. The lender can just sit with cash and not entering into the repo deal. The root cause is the lender needs that specific kind of security so badly that it's willing to pay to get it.
          • that's true...it should only happen when one side need the security very badly