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Otavio (Tavi) Costa: ‘The Fed continues to pretend that it can shrink its balance sheet size and watch the cost of government debt rise, all while the US grapples with a 12% twin deficit.’

August 12, 2023 7:09 am

In the meantime: The Fed continues to pretend that it can shrink its balance sheet size and watch the cost of government debt rise, all while the US grapples with a 12% twin deficit. After marking the end of a …

Bidenomics! M2 Money Velocity Rises … To Almost Pre-Covid Levels, Fed Balance Sheet Remains Above $8 TRILLION (Biden Energy Secretary Secretly Consulted Top Chinese Energy Official Before SPR Release, Sales To Hunter Biden-Linked Chinese Energy Giant)

August 6, 2023 9:30 pm

by confoundedinterest17 I wonder which season the US economy is in, according to President “Chance the Gardener” Biden. If you believe the recovery talk (from the reckless Covid economic and school shutdowns of 2020), all is well in the (economic) …

American average credit card balance is $7,300, median household savings $5,300, and delinquency rates rise 6 consecutive quarters. We are “fighting” inflation with credit cards.

August 1, 2023 8:41 pm

For the first time in history, total credit card debt is about to cross $1 trillion. Since Q4 2020, total credit card debt is up over $200 billion. Americans currently hold a record $986 billion in credit card debt. 2/7 …

Fed interest rate hikes do nothing to “fight inflation” as long as the Fed is sitting on this bloated balance sheet and will blow it out even further to forestall the financial reckoning day

July 25, 2023 11:22 am

h/t Simian_Stacker

CMBS enters bargaining stage, liquidating assets, tidying balance sheets, industry stoicing; Bankcruptcy surge;M2 money supply is contracting at the deepest level EVER seen

July 18, 2023 10:13 amJuly 17, 2023 9:32 pm

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 …

Michigan TV station director fires staff for requesting “balance” in Pride coverage.

July 4, 2023 10:31 pm

Pride Month” is over and a day to be proud of, the Fourth of July, is upon us! But a news director, his assistant and two staffers from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan will spend the holiday trying to figure …

US debt surges $851 billion since June 3rd suspension. Howell predicts Fed’s balance sheet expansion to $10 trillion for US obligations.

July 4, 2023 10:22 pmJuly 3, 2023 9:11 am

by BoatSurfer600 The U.S. national debt spiked by $851 billion since the debt ceiling was suspended a month ago on June 3, and now hit $32.32 trillion. This is just an amazing freak show. Source: wolfstreet Stocks would do well …

Fed’s Balance Sheet Plunged by $348 Billion in the 10 Weeks since Peak Bank Crisis, and by $580 billion since QT Started

June 2, 2023 11:36 pm

https://wolfstreet.com/2023/06/01/feds-balance-sheet-plunged-by-348-billion-in-the-10-weeks-since-peak-bank-crisis-and-by-580-billion-since-qt-started/ “Total assets held by the Fed dropped by $50 billion in the week, to $8.38 trillion, down by $118 billion for the month and by $348 billion in the 10 weeks since peak-bank-crisis. Quantitative Tightening (QT) continued on track, …

Fed pivoting their balance sheet strategy while inflation is still 6% year-over-year

May 31, 2023 10:59 amMarch 17, 2023 3:03 pm

“We need to keep raising rates until something breaks and inflation eases” <Something breaks> “Wait wait no, not that thing.” It’s very important that inflation is brought into check by poor people losing their jobs. Not rich people losing their deposits. NEW …