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Inflation Alert! Bureau Economic Analysis (BED) data shows Consumers & Governments Embark on Epic Spending Binge!

The PCE price index (the Fed's barometer for inflation and insists is going back to 2%) increased 4.9% in the first quarter of 2023, compared to +4.4% in the 4th quarter of 2022. Source: https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/gdp1q23_adv.pdf Highlights:

$325.962 billion as of 4/26 ($2,469 billion so far...): An update on the tools the Fed is using to give banks liquidity while 'we' get Inflation & Rate Hikes

$325.962 billion as of 4/26 ($2,469 billion so far...): An update on the tools the Fed is using to give banks liquidity while 'we' get Inflation & Rate Hikes

Good afternoon Superstonk, HAPPY almost Friday! Resident jellyfish back with you for another week's review of the Fed's tools. Let's Hit it! This week's Fed balance Sheet: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/20230427/ What we are monitoring: * Discount Window/Primary Credit

SEC Alert! Special filing with Federal Register: SEC submits notice for the 19th CLOSED door meeting this year via the Sunshine Act for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-09266.pdf CLOSED door meetings 2023: Meeting NumberDate195/4184/27174/20164/13154/6143/30133/23123/16113/9103/292/2382/1672/962/251/2641/1931/1221/911/5 Seems to be a weekly occurrence every week since the year began. What has them so occupied? The Federal

I'm a GMErican, anything else is a label meant to distract and divide.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Alert! CFTC is requesting comments on the extension of information collection requirements relating to registration under the Commodity Exchange Act, OMB Control No. 3038–0072

source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-09057.pdf Highlights: * Registration under the Commodity Exchange Act (OMB Control No. 3038–0072). * This is a request for an extension of a currently approved information collection. * The information collected under OMB Control No. 3038-0072 is gathered through the use of forms for registration of

FDIC Alert! FDIC Financial Institution Letter (FIL) on the Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle. The contents of this FIL apply to all FDIC–insured financial institutions. SEC shortening the settlement cycle from “T+2” to “T+1” for most broker–dealer

FDIC Alert! FDIC Financial Institution Letter (FIL) on the Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle. The contents of this FIL apply to all FDIC–insured financial institutions. SEC shortening the settlement cycle from “T+2” to “T+1” for most broker–dealer transactions effective 5/5/2023. Source: https://www.fdic.gov/

Argentina will start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than dollars, the government announced Wednesday, a measure that aims to relieve the country's dwindling dollar reserves. The Economy Minister says the Central Bank is set to save US$1 billion

Source(s): https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/argentina-to-start-using-yuan-to-pay-for-imports https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fchina%2Fargentina-govt-pay-chinese-imports-yuan-rather-than-dollars-2023-04-26%2F https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/argentina-to-pay-for-chinese-imports-in-yuan-instead-of-us-dollars/2882346 Highlights: * Argentina will start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than dollars, the government announced Wednesday, a