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ECB Balance Sheet QT: -€1.77 Trillion from Peak, now down to €7.07 Trillion. Shed 43% of Pandemic QE Assets Quantitative tightening (QT) powers along in the euro area. Total assets on the ECB’s weekly balance sheet plunged by another €75 billion over the week, to €7.07 trillion, the lowest level …
Trump Properties WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF, Corrupt Democrats And Judge To STRIP Trump Family Assets
The significant decline in the market value of Treasury notes, bonds, and mortgage-backed securities, which make up over 80% of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, could potentially reduce the Fed’s assets by about $1 trillion, surpassing the impact of their QT policy. This would essentially bring their balance sheet back …
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by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-17565.pdf How to comment: www.regulations.gov (use IRS and REG-122793-19 to identify your submission) 60 days is October 28th, 2023 60 days is October 28th, 2023 Press Release: The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today released proposed regulations on the sale and …
by FearlessEggplant3036 If they sell any of it at $200 the price will crash to $0, so they do monthly burns eg. if they burn: 1 billion coins x $200 = 200 Billion dollars burned, so why would a company “that doesn’t care about hundreds of billions” scam/embezzle a few …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcminutes20230726.htm Developments in Financial Markets and Open Market Operations: The manager turned first to a review of developments in financial markets over the intermeeting period. Market participants interpreted data releases as generally demonstrating economic resilience and a further easing of inflation pressures. The market-implied peak for the federal …
by Simon Black “Scary” is the word that the Wall Street Journal used this weekend to describe the looming financial crisis in the US. They said bluntly, “Washington has laid the seeds of a crisis that Wall Street can no longer ignore.” I’ve been writing about this for 14 years; …
The bearish curve steepening we feared is fast becoming reality. The impact on risk assets occurs less through the textbook arbitrage channel and more via negative effect on collateral and hence on #liquidity @au_shareplicity @johnauthers https://t.co/VuMvsqnJQ4 — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) August 14, 2023 It's not the height of rates …
by Dismal-Jellyfish If half of uninsured depositors decide to withdraw, the losses due to CRE distress would result in up to 58 smaller regional banks becoming insolvent in addition to 186 banks that would become insolvent just due to higher rates. Wut Mean?: The U.S. banking system’s market value of …
Regulators just unveiled new proposed regulations for banks with more than $100 billion in assets Big banks would need to maintain more capital to protect against losses in lending, trading, and derivatives. Do you think big banks need to be regulated more closely? — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) July 27, …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2023/fil23037.html The FDIC observed that some insured depository institutions (IDIs) are not reporting estimated uninsured deposits in accordance with the instructions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report). For example, some institutions incorrectly reduced the amount reported to the extent that the uninsured deposits …
via Mike Shedlock: Russia seized the local assets of Carlsberg beer and yogurt maker Danone. It now threatens Austria’s Raiffeisen bank. Russia Seizes Western Yogurt and Beer As backdrop to the Raiffeisen bank story, consider the Bloomberg report, Russia Seizes Western Yogurt and Beer. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in April allowing …
For CMBS, it’s 2007 Right now is the bargaining stage for CRE—assets quietly being liquidated to meet redemptions, balance sheets tidying up, the industry stoically battening the hatches All trying not to panic Dry powder? Yes But there’s a storm on the horizon https://t.co/y6jVEw3C1k — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) July 17, …
President Joe Biden has already reached an “unwritten” nuclear deal with Iran, under which the regime will stop just short of developing a nuclear weapon, leaving Israel unable to act independently to defend itself. That’s the analysis of Amos Harel, a columnist for left-wing Israeli daily Ha’aretz — who is no …
via Ronni Stoeferle It is considered the most anticipated recession of all time – the one looming in the US. And although countless indicators ranging from the yield curve, the Leading Economic Index (LEI) and PMIs to producer prices and international trade volumes have been pointing to a recession for months, it …
Now you know why student loans will never be forgiven. https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/commentaries/2023/06/09/feds-financial-accounts-what-are-uncle-sams-largest-assets https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/financial-report/balance-sheets.html Then, drilling down on “Note 4.” https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/reports-statements/financial-report/2022/notes-to-the-financial-statements4.pdf h/t PettyWitch
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2023/comp25750.pdf SEC-registered investment adviser Infinity Q engaged in a fraudulent scheme that inflated by more than $1 billion the value of assets held by a mutual fund (the “Mutual Fund”) and a hedge fund (the “Private Fund”) Infinity Q advised (collectively, the “Infinity Q Funds” or the “Funds”). From …
by TheReignOfChaos Raise interest rates so the ‘sensible’ investment decision is to hold cash; why would they invest in assets and risk a market crash when cash is returning 5, 6, 7%? Meanwhile, buy assets as the currency inflates. Finally destroy the currency, leaving everyone holding money destitute. Force everyone …
Bond Investors Say a “Nasty” Recession in the U.S. Is Inevitable According to some of the world’s biggest bond managers from Fidelity International to Allianz Global Investors, the United States is heading for a recession. They’re sticking to their forecasts for a downturn that is “inevitable” and advise hedging any …
Directly from the court filings posted by the SEC. Makes you wonder what’s coming next for Coinbase and others. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. pic.twitter.com/FH6r017vBg — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) June 6, 2023 Crypto exchanges extract U.S. Dollars and send them overseas. The SEC is …