Dismal's Smacks

🌙 ☀️

Sign in Subscribe

Latest

Inflation Alert! Fed Set to Raise Rates by 0.75 Point and Debate Size of Future Hikes. Some officials are beginning to signal greater unease with big rate rises to fight inflation.

Source: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/fed-officials-expect-debate-on-rate-peak-and-when-to-slow-hikes-1.1835960 Reddit Post

NSCC/DTC/FICC Alert! Proposed rule change states that on a weekly basis, a study to estimate the depth of the repo market under prevailing market conditions

NSCC/DTC/FICC Alert! Proposed rule change states that on a weekly basis, a study to estimate the depth of the repo market under prevailing market conditions as well as a sample stress scenario to assess potential available liquidity in the event of default of the largest Member would be

Recession Alert! The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. decreased by 0.4 percent in September 2022.

Recession Alert! The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. decreased by 0.4 percent in September 2022. “The US LEI fell again in September and its persistent downward trajectory in recent months suggests a recession is increasingly likely before yearend,” Source The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®

Recession Alert! According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 1.6 percent

Source The decrease in real GDP in the second quarter of 2022 occurred amid continued inflation, low unemployment, ongoing supply-chain challenges, and rising interest rates. The economic effects of these factors cannot be quantified in the GDP estimate for the second quarter, because the impacts are generally embedded in source

Inflation Alert! The Bank of Japan said on Thursday it would conduct emergency bond buying operations to contain rising yields. The BOJ offered to buy 100 billion yen ($666.98 million) of JGBs with maturities of 10-20 years. ($1 = 149.9300 yen)

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/bank-of-japan-to-conduct-emergency-bond-buying Reddit Post

Federal Reserve Alert! Fed's Evans: “Continued increases in the funds rate along the lines of our September SEP could lead to a economic outlook where we’re going to see below-trend growth--we’ll be challenged in that regard...

Federal Reserve Alert! Fed's Evans: “Continued increases in the funds rate along the lines of our September SEP could lead to a economic outlook where we’re going to see below-trend growth--we’ll be challenged in that regard--we’ll see the unemployment rate go up, but I think