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U.S. Census Bureau Alert! A review of the Advance monthly sales for retail and food services sales for May 2022.

Source (pdf) Good morning r/Superstonk! Let's dive into this! Before we get too far into this, please remember retail sales only covers the sale of goods (for example gas)--not services (for example travel). Services make up almost 2/3 of consumer spending. Still, the price of

FICC - MBS Alert! IN informing clients of the TMPG fail charge rate change based on the Fed's adjustment

Why does the TMPG recommend a financial charge on settlement fails? Persistent elevated fail levels create market inefficiencies, increase credit risk for market participants and heighten overall systemic risk. In higher rate environments, the time value of money that is lost when delivery is not made as contracted provides an

SEC Charges Weiss Asset Management with Short Selling Violations. Weiss Asset Management LP has agreed to pay approximately $6.9 million to settle charges

FICC - MBS Alert! Moving MBSD Deterministic Risk Component to Cash Only Settlement; Intraday Mark-to-Market Charge and Intraday VaR Charge. Due to recent market volatility, FICC will be raising the backtesting coverage threshold for intraday margin calls

Source During normal market conditions, the Intraday Mark-to-Market Charge applies to Clearing Members that experience an intraday increase in Mark-to-Market exposure that exceeds (i) a dollar threshold of $1,000,000, (ii) a percentage threshold of 30% as compared to the daily VaR Charge, and that have 12-month backtesting coverage

FICC - GOV Alert! GSD Capped Contingency Liquidity Facility® (CCLF®) Reset Reminder