This weeks changing definition of recession: ‘Full-Employment Recession’

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-full-employment-recession-bc9937a5 Federal Reserve Alert! Get ready for a new ‘recession’ definition! From today’s Fed beige book – May 31, 2023: “Demand for transportation services was down, especially in trucking, where contacts reported there was a “freight recession.”” ​ …

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

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, …

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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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