InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate US banks’ reluctance to lend cash may have caused repo shock: BIS By financialnews_rlv83x - December 8, 2019 0 50 The unwillingness of the top four U.S. banks to lend cash combined with a burst of demand from hedge funds for secured funding could explain a recent spike in U.S. money market rates, the Bank for International Settlements said.