In the end, the market maker’s proximity to the rate decision and the data the market maker provides trumps at least the notion of democratic participation in a decision that impacts everyone in society. Continue reading Of statecraft and governance: The market is regulated to maintain the fiction of democracy.
Markets are tied to the concept of freedom, particularly the freedom to enter into negotiations and agree on the price of exchange. But I see markets as more than just a mechanism for moving goods and services. Markets, for political economy purposes, serve as nodes the State uses to extract energy in the form of taxes for the government. Continue reading Just a thought: The State’s ability to expand depends on markets.
Foreign exchange. EUR/USD=1.0957 GBP/USD=1.2694 AUD/USD=0.6493 NZD/USD=0.5983 USD/CHF=0.8765 USD/JPY=144.9400 USD/CAD=1.3437 Treasuries. 30-year=4.29% 10-year=4.19% Reference rates. Discount window=5.50% Interest on reserve balances=5.40% Effective federal funds rate=5.33% Overnight reverse repo rate=5.30% Sources: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Disclaimer: The data and output from this blog post does not constitute investment or legal advice … Continue reading Federal Reserve sees 30-year and 10-year rates continue to inch up. 15 August 2023, 9:51 pm EST
Foreign exchange rates. EUR/USD=1.1036 GBP/USD=1.2775 AUD/USD=0.6605 NZD/USD=0.6127 USD/CHF=0.8713 USD/JPY=141.7900 Treasuries. 30-year=4.24% 10-year=4.09% Overnight reference rates. Discount window rate=5.50% Interest on reserve balances=5.40% Effective federal funds rate=5.33% Overnight reverse repo rates=5.30% Disclaimer: The data and output from this blog post does not constitute investment or legal advice and is not a personal recommendation from Alton Drew. Nothing … Continue reading What are the foreign exchange, Treasuries, and overnight reference rates as reported by the Federal Reserve on 13 August 2023, 4:39 PM
Foreign exchange rates. EUR/USD=1.1036 GBP/USD=1.2775 AUD/USD=0.6605 NZD/USD=0.6127 USD/CHF=0.8713 USD/JPY=141.7900 (Are you looking for a prop trade challenge? http://toptiertrader.com/?ref=1449 ) Treasurys. 30-yr=4.20% 10-yr=4.02% Reference rates. Discount Window=5.50% Interest on Reserve Balances=5.40 Effective Federal Funds Rate=5.33% Overnight Reverse Repo Rate=5.30% Sources: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (Where are traders looking for … Continue reading What are the foreign exchange rates, Treasury rates, and reference rates as reported by the Federal Reserve as of 7:29 pm, EST
So, over the last twenty-four period I must ask whether the Federal Reserve, arguably the most important of the world’s central banks due to the dollar’s reserve currency status, may have said something that has traders questioning their faith in the dollar? Continue reading How well did Powell pitch the dollar last week?
Currency pair Federal Reserve System (1) x-rates.com OANDA EUR/USD 1.0887 1.0930 1.0934 GBP/USD 1.2701 1.2655 1.2681 AUD/USD 0.6687 0.6636 0.6626 NZD/USD 0.6149 0.6097 0.6095 CHF/USD 1.1137 1.1179 1.1163 JPY/USD 0.0070 0.0069 0.0069 Today’s definition: What is an introducing broker? Investopedia, a financial information website, defines an introducing broker as: ” [A] broker in the futures markets who … Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Foreign exchange rates as of 8:01 am EST.
If converting the analog representation of currency, i.e., a coin or banknote, into discrete units of data (bits) that can be separately addressed (identified or designated) can provide the American public with a financial system it can still have confidence in while maintaining the legitimacy of the government, then Congress could expand on the definition of coining money to include the digitization of money. Continue reading Central bank digital currencies: Is coining the money the same as digitizing the money?
I sit in the group that sees a 19.6% chance that the FOMC increases the fed funds target range by 25 basis points to a range of 5.25% to 5.50%. For the asset-less, wage earning class, we may benefit from rate increases due to greater returns on the cash we accumulate. Also, for those of us who were able to hoard cash, falling asset prices may give us a chance to accumulate other income generating assets or purchase non-income generating assets and convert them into money makers. Continue reading A quiet Monday morning before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting …
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