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Fed’s Fourth Bill POMO Is Most Oversubscribed Yet Amid Liquidity Scramble
Fed’s Fourth Bill POMO Is Most Oversubscribed Yet Amid Liquidity Scramble One day after the Fed unexpectedly saw a surge in demand for its term-repo operation, which was oversubscribed for the first time since the mid-September repo crisis erupted, the liquidity shortage in the funding market appears to be getting worse by the day, and in […]
Half The World’s Banks Won’t Survive The Next Crisis, McKinsey Finds
Half The World’s Banks Won’t Survive The Next Crisis, McKinsey Finds More than half of the world’s banks are at risk of collapse in the next global downturn if they don’t start preparing for late-cycle shocks, McKinsey & Company warned in its latest global banking outlook. The consultancy firm warned on Monday, in a 55-page […]
Dollar Liquidity Turmoil Returns With First Oversubscribed Term Repo In A Month, $99.9 Billion Liquidity Injection
Dollar Liquidity Turmoil Returns With First Oversubscribed Term Repo In A Month, $99.9 Billion Liquidity Injection This was not supposed to happen. After the Fed rolled out the big artillery in response to the sharp, sudden mid-September funding squeeze (which we now know had virtually nothing to do with last month’s tax payments or other one-time events […]
Are The Rating Agencies Complicit In Another Massive Scandal: A WSJ Investigation Leads To Shocking Questions
Are The Rating Agencies Complicit In Another Massive Scandal: A WSJ Investigation Leads To Shocking Questions Over the past two years, a key event many bears have cited as a potential catalyst for the next market crash, is the systematic downgrade of billions of lowest-rated investment grade bonds to junk as a result of debt leverage creeping […]
Not Transitory – Fed Liquidity Handout Surges To Near $90 Billion
Not Transitory – Fed Liquidity Handout Surges To Near $90 Billion So much for the ‘transitory’ liquidity shortage arguments put forth by commission-takers and asset-gatherers, The NYFed accepted $87.7 billion (in o/n and term) repo today – the highest level yet. The Fed accepted $20.1 billion in 14-day term repo… And $67.7 billion in overnight […]
“This Did Not Go Well” – PG&E’s Rolling Blackout Sparked Chaos In Bay Area
“This Did Not Go Well” – PG&E’s Rolling Blackout Sparked Chaos In Bay Area Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) historic blackout plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness last week was a massive communication breakdown that sparked criticism over the two-day blackout that was designed to avoid wildfires, reported The New York Times. PG&E officials said […]
“It’s Not A Game When It’s Real-Life” – China’s Social Credit System
“It’s Not A Game When It’s Real-Life” – China’s Social Credit System In an attempt to imbue trust, China has announced a plan to implement a national ranking system for its citizens and companies. Currently in pilot mode, the new system will be rolled out in 2020, and go through numerous iterations before becoming official. While the system […]
Historic Typhoon Devastates Japan; Millions Told To Evacuate Amid Flooding, Widespread Outages
Historic Typhoon Devastates Japan; Millions Told To Evacuate Amid Flooding, Widespread Outages The largest typhoon in recorded history of Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture caused widespread flooding, power outages and destruction on Saturday, as local authorities warned over 7 million people to evacuate, according to Bloomberg (with other sources quoting figures ranging from 1-4 million). ✔ Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall on Japan’s Izu Peninsula […]
Japan Braces For Typhoon Hagibis Could Be Strongest In Decades A powerful typhoon is headed for Japan this weekend, threatening to cripple Tokyo with the most torrential rains and winds in nearly six decades, reported Reuters. In a statement Friday morning, meteorologist and owner of Empire Weather, Ed Vallee, said Typhoon Hagibis is expected to hit the […]
“Not A QE” Begins: Fed Start Buying $60BN In Bills Per Month Starting Next Week
“Not A QE” Begins: Fed Start Buying $60BN In Bills Per Month Starting Next Week Just one day after we laid out what Goldman’s revised forecast for the Fed’s “NOT A QE” will look like, which for those who missed it predicted that the Fed would announce “monthly purchases of about $60BN for four months, […]
California Hit By Dual Shock: LA Gas Prices Spike Above $5 As Residents Learn Solar Panels Don’t Work In Blackouts
California Hit By Dual Shock: LA Gas Prices Spike Above $5 As Residents Learn Solar Panels Don’t Work In Blackouts Millions of Californians may have just suffered an unprecedented, induced blackout by the state’s largest (and bankrupt) utility, PG&E, just so it isn’t blamed for starting even more fires causing it to go even more […]
After Unveiling ‘NotQE’, Fed Eases Liquidity Rules For Foreign Banks (Rescues Deutsche)
After Unveiling ‘NotQE’, Fed Eases Liquidity Rules For Foreign Banks (Rescues Deutsche) Having cracked down on Deutsche Bank in the past, The Fed appears to be playing good-regulator/bad-regulator as The FT reports thatDeutsche is expected to benefit most from an imminent change in The Fed’s liquidity rules. Specifically, US banking regulators have dropped an idea to subject local […]
Iranian Oil Tanker Struck By 2 Missiles Near Saudi Port
Iranian Oil Tanker Struck By 2 Missiles Near Saudi Port Many questions remained unanswered early Friday after an attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea sent oil prices higher, in the latest attack on energy-industry infrastructure in an increasingly volatile part of the world. According to the New York Times, a fire erupted […]
Chinese Army Ready To Step In Against Rioters – HK’s Carrie Lam Warns For First Time
Chinese Army Ready To Step In Against Rioters – HK’s Carrie Lam Warns For First Time Following a renewed surge in protest unrest and violence in the wake of the controversial mask ban which went into effect on Saturday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has for the first time issued public warning that the Chinese military could […]
