Billionaire Investor Expects “One or Two” Bank Failures a Week; Economist Says We’re “Entering a New Dark Age”

via Zerohedge: Billionaire Barry Sternlicht, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group has issued an ominous warning about America’s regional banks, which he says will fail at a rate of ‘one or two’ per week. Speaking with CNBC on Tuesday, Sternlicht says he thinks that primary real estate lenders – community and regional banks – are …

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U.S. credit card debt has increased by $250 billion in two years. U.S. consumer debt piles up to $17 Trillion!

Everyone's talking about how the U.S just hit $1 trillion in total credit card debt But what's more concerning: That number has increased by +$250 billion in just 2 years This doesn't end well pic.twitter.com/LK7oUrne2D — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) May 31, 2023 U.S. Consumer Debt Piles up to $17 Trillion More, more, more. According …

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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, All Commercial Banks [DPSACBW027SBOG], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DPSACBW027SBOG, March …

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Two former traders get jail for ‘spoofing’ precious metals futures

via justice.gov: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 9, 2023 Former Wall Street Precious Metal Traders Sentenced for Wire Fraud Two former Wall Street traders were each sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for engaging in a multi-year fraud scheme to manipulate U.S. commodities markets …

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