PacWest going down?

by Frequent_Quail_2202 Bank of California announced that it was going to buy PacWest for an all share deal. Warburg Pincus & partners graciously offered to inject $400M at $12.30 into $BANC. Since the announcement, after the initial surge, the stock …

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Inflation Alert! New York Fed Business Survey (New York State, northern New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut): “Employment continued to increase slightly, and wage growth picked up. The pace of price increases was somewhat higher than last month”. Inflation is not slowing down!

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/Survey/business_leaders/2023/2023_08blsreport.pdf Wages and Prices expected to continue rising over the next 6 months. TLDRS: New York Federal Reserve Bank’s August 2023 Business Leaders Survey shows the region’s (New York, southern New Jersey, and southwestern Connecticut) service sector activity …

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Silvergate Capital CEO Alan Lane to Exit as Crypto Bank Winds Down. Reminder, Citadel Securities is the owner of roughly 1.73 million shares or a 5.5% stake in Silvergate.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/silvergate-capital-ceo-alan-lane-to-exit-as-crypto-bank-winds-down-c5f5c698 Silvergate Capital Chief Executive Alan Lane and other executives are leaving the company amid the wind down and liquidation of Silvergate Bank. Lane and Chief Legal Officer John Bonino will both leave, effective Tuesday. Chief Financial Officer Antonio …

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Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit – “most economists say little to none of the drop came from the law.” WOW! WHAT A SHOCKER?

via YAHOO: WASHINGTON (AP) — Even President Joe Biden has some regrets about the name of the Inflation Reduction Act: As the giant law turns 1 on Wednesday, it’s increasingly clear that immediately curbing prices wasn’t the point. While price …

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Bidenomics? US Purchase Mortgage Demand Falls -8% From Previous Week (DOWN -21% From Last Year, DOWN -45.3% Under Biden, Refi Demand DOWN -91%, Mortgage Rate UP 128%)

by confoundedinterest17 Eggs, bacon and toast. All more expensive under Biden’s economy. And mortgage purchase demand is down -45.3% since Biden was elected and mortgage refinancing demand is down -91% under Biden and mortgage rates are up 128% under Biden’s economy. …

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The purchasing power of the dollar continues to VANISH! In May, the purchasing power of $100 in January 2000 is now $55.60 (down $.10 from April). Remember, CPI tracks the loss of the purchasing power of your dollars, and thereby the purchasing power of your hard earned labor.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SA0R Let’s zoom in on this since 2020: CPI tracks the loss of the purchasing power of your dollars, and thereby the purchasing power of your hard earned labor: May 2022 purchasing power: 57.8 (down -3.80% in …

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Land Of Confusion! US Mortgage Demand Drops 3.7% From Previous Week, Under Biden: Mortgage Purchase Demand Down -44%, Refi Demand Down -87%, Mortgage Rates UP 106%

by confoundedinterest17 Under Biden, the US economy is a land of confusion. Under Biden’s Reign of Error, Mortgage Purchase Demand is down -44%, Refi Demand is down -87%, and Mortgage Rates are UP 106%. Mortgage applications (demand) decreased 3.7 percent from one week …

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