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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The Swamp will protect its own

Grassley & Comer To Wray: Provide The Unclassified Documents Or Face Contempt WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statements after their discussion with FBI Director Christopher …

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Adam Hamilton: Gold Stocks Soaring Again

Guest Post by Adam Hamilton at Zeal LLC: The gold miners’ stocks are soaring again, just blasting to new upleg highs this week!  They are following their metal higher and amplifying its gains like usual.  Yet despite their dramatic surges …

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AIER: De-dollarization Has Begun…

Guest Post by Peter C. Earle at the American Institute for Economic Research:   Last week, China and Brazil reached an agreement to settle trades in one anothers’ currencies. Over the past 15 years, China has replaced the United States as …

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Five Reasons Gold and Silver Could Rally Soon

Guest Post by Richard Mills from Aheadoftheherd.com:   Earlier, we listed the various reasons why the US dollar is headed lower. But this doesn’t mean all safe-haven assets are in for a reality check. In fact, this might be an opportune time …

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Bank Run Underway? Updated commercial bank deposit data shows $54.1738 Billion in deposits removed. Last week saw it going from $17.64t to $17.61t (-$30b)–$80+ Billion removed from deposits in the last two weeks!

by Dismal-Jellyfish It gets even more interesting! 1 year ago: 3/16: 18,073.5395 Billion. High was hit 4/13/2022: 18,130.6814 Billion. Over half a trillion in deposits pulled in the last year! Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Deposits, …

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Why printer is back on… 2023 is worse than 2008 in terms of deposits held by failed banks.

Total deposits across all banks are much higher now, $17.6t now vs $6.7t in 2008. https://wolfstreet.com/2023/03/16/fed-loaned-160-billion-to-banks-and-142-billion-to-fdic-but-qt-related-roll-off-continued/ In 2008 banks had trouble because they were holding lots of mortgages and MBSs and their value went down a lot, losing them ton …

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