public Banks • 2 min read Another Week Without a Banking Crisis Our mantra since the start of the banking crisis on March 10 has been that any day without a banking…
paid Fed • 2 min read Fed 's H.4.1 Shows Banking Crisis Not Getting Worse The Fed's H.4.1 report is released every Thursday at 4:15 pm. It shows the Fed&…
paid Banks • 2 min read Banking Crisis May Be Abating We've previously observed that any day without a banking crisis is a good day for stocks. SVB imploded…
paid Inflation • 2 min read Inflation, the Fed & Too Much Happiness The S&P 500 fell slightly today despite the better-than-expected March CPI data this morning. Inflation continues to moderate.…
public Fed • 3 min read On the Lookout for a Bank Credit Crunch The Silicon Valley Bank imploded on Friday, March 10. To avert a widespread bank run, the Fed announced, on Sunday,…
public Banking • 2 min read Fed Backstops the Banks The Fed has the banks' backsides covered. The Fed can't insure deposits, but it can guarantee that…
paid Fed • 2 min read What's On The Fed's Books? The Fed provides a weekly snapshot of its balance sheet in its statistical release H.4.1. It comes out…
public Fed • 3 min read Can We Bank on Yellen & Powell? Stock prices fell after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference today, which was actually relatively dovish. He said…
public Fed • 1 min read Fed Hawks Down! The FOMC raised the federal funds rate by 25bps to 4.75%-5.00%. The committee's statement reassuringly…
public Fed • 2 min read The Fed Has Done Enough The banking crisis might be equivalent to a 100bps hike in the federal funds rate. We are just guessing, but…
paid Fed • 1 min read The Fed Should Give It A Rest In his previous press conference on February 1, 2023, Fed Chair Jerome Powell mentioned the word “restrictive” 10 times. It…
public Fed • 2 min read The Economic Week Ahead: March 20-24 The FOMC always seems to take center stage in the financial markets these days, and will certainly do so on…