no way to prove this flowed into Treasuries -- but the warning the regulators provided to the state banks about portfolio concentration suggests that it was parked in the Treasury market (while the banks now search for alternaitves?)
Original source ↗  |  February 17, 2026 at 16:12 UTC  |  Twitter - @brad_setser

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