The GFC bailout looks like just a blip on the radar vs what the Fed is doing today to support the banks with liquidity via loans/facilities.
And we wonder why the market is up.
This chart blew me away. pic.twitter.com/AAUQuSgRqU
— QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 11, 2024
In the tumultuous theater of global finance, there are moments that flash like lightning, illuminating the precarious dance between stability and collapse. Such moments, often obscured by the dazzle of market euphoria, demand our attention. Today, my friends, I present to you one such moment—a seismic shift in the narrative of economic rescue.
Cast your mind back to the dark days of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), where the world teetered on the brink of financial oblivion. Governments scrambled, economies quivered, and banks pleaded for salvation. It was a time when the word “bailout” echoed through the corridors of power like a thunderclap.
But fast forward to today, and the GFC bailout seems but a blip on the radar compared to the Herculean efforts being undertaken by the Federal Reserve. Picture this: a financial institution, drowning in a sea of liquidity woes, reaches out to the Fed. What does it receive in return? Not just a lifebuoy, but an entire armada of loans and facilities, courtesy of the benevolent Fed.
The market, ever the barometer of sentiment, reacts with glee. “And we wonder why the market is up,” we jest, as if the answer weren’t glaringly obvious. This isn’t just another chapter in the saga of central bank interventions; this is a crescendo, a symphony of support that reverberates through the very foundations of the financial system.
This is both chart crime and a crime of understanding.
Chart crime: you have to normalize by Nominal GDP, Bank Assets or Money Supply. The number will still show an increase but much more metered.
Understanding crime: the BTFP created a major funding arbitrage where banks… https://t.co/IAc4sjX6r3
— Brandon Carl (@brandonjcarl) May 12, 2024
On March 30th, they added another $120 B in loans to "depository institutions established by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation."
Then they say it's "secured by collateral & the FDIC provides repayment guarantees."
Who guarantees the FDIC?
The Treasury aka taxpayers. pic.twitter.com/HygVl9Tb8K
— Brad Mills 🔑⚡️ (@bradmillscan) May 6, 2023