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Federal Reserve Alert! Fed releases Financial Stability Report, their framework for assessing the resilience of the U.S. financial system and presents the Board’s current assessment.

They see as vulnerabilities: Asset valuations, Borrowing by business and households, Leverage, and Funding Risks. Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/financial-stability-report-20221104.pdf Against this backdrop, our view of the current level of vulnerabilities is as follows: 1. Asset valuations. Higher interest rates and a weaker outlook for the

Inflation Alert! Boston Fed President Susan Collins today in speech: “It is premature to signal how high rates should go,” "A focus on the level – not the pace- is what resolve’ looks like in this second policy phase,”

Source: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Susan-M-Collins-Remarks-Brookings-Nov-4-2022.pdf Good morning, and thank you for having me speak with you today. It is truly a pleasure to be hosted by the Brookings Institution for this talk. My association with the Brookings Economic Studies area extends back some 30

Whistleblower Alert! SEC shames whistleblower for 'unreasonably delayed reporting to the Commission' after having just stated: ' Claimant 1, who persistently alerted the Commission to the ongoing abusive practices for a number of years...'

Whistleblower Alert! SEC shames whistleblower for 'unreasonably delayed reporting to the Commission' after having just stated: ' Claimant 1, who persistently alerted the Commission to the ongoing abusive practices for a number of years before the investigation was opened'. Source: https://www.sec.gov/rules/other/2022/

FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (SRAC) to Meet Next Week. The meeting will facilitate discussion on the FDIC’s resolution authority, granted under the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010

FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (SRAC) to Meet Next Week. The meeting will facilitate discussion on the FDIC’s resolution authority, granted under the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010, to manage the orderly resolution of large, complex financial institutions whose failure could threaten stability. Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/

The evolution of Jerome Powell

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement: The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run.

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement: The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3-3/4 to 4 percent. Source: https: