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Interbank Market News Scan: What retail traders should be looking at from the Federal Reserve perspective. 10:56 AM EST.

The Stats … 30-Day fed Funds Futures and Options (ZQV3): 95.145 Source: CME Group. Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.08% Federal Funds Target Range: 5.00% to 5.25% Discount Window Rate: 5.25% Interest on Reserve Balances: 5.15% U.S. Ten-year Treasurys: 3.39% EUR/USD=1.1026 USD/JPY=134.8500 GBP/USD=1.2650 AUD/USD=0.6747 NZD/USD=0.6299 Source: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System. https://traderswithedge.com/?r=348 Today’s Definition … Proprietary … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: What retail traders should be looking at from the Federal Reserve perspective. 10:56 AM EST.

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Interbank Market News Scan: Fed funds, bitcoin, and foreign exchange rates at 9:40 am EST

The takeaway: The role of government is to feed the bond markets … Markets are not the creation of people. Markets are the creation of kings and courts designed to encourage the efficient extraction of energy, yield, and taxes. The king’s currency is a derivative of real money, the yield and energy produced by the … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: Fed funds, bitcoin, and foreign exchange rates at 9:40 am EST

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Interbank Market News Scan: Federal funds, Treasury note, foreign exchange, and bitcoin data as of 8:15 am EST

30-Day Fed Funds Futures and Options (ZQV3): 95.205 Source: CME Group Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.08% Federal Funds Target Range: 5.00% to 5.25% Discount Window Rate: 5.25% Interest on Reserve Balances: 5.15% Source: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System U.S. Ten-year Treasurys: 3.392 Source: MarketWatch BTC/USD: Broker bid: 27718.6, Broker ask: 27765.6 GBP/USD: Broker bid: 1.26244, … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: Federal funds, Treasury note, foreign exchange, and bitcoin data as of 8:15 am EST

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Interbank Market News Scan: Banks need a new philosophy.

The takeaway … Banking on a new philosophy. Is it time to make consumer lending by banks illegal? Yes. Consumers should raise cash from private individuals and households to the extent that the activities of these private individuals and households have no impact on the money supply. The focus of nationally chartered banks should be … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: Banks need a new philosophy.

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Interbank market news scan: Rates on Treasurys continue to inch up in week prior to Fed Day

On this first impression I expect both chambers of Congress to make the supposed banking crisis less of an issue especially as we move further into the campaign season. Congress, particularly congressional Democrats, do not want to be perceived as facilitators of a worsening political economy. Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Rates on Treasurys continue to inch up in week prior to Fed Day

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Interbank market news scan: How to sell the idea of CBDCs? By paying labor at the end of the day.

The takeaway: A strategy for selling the idea of CBDCs: Paying labor by the end of the day. It is time for non-asset holding members of the labor class to look at ourselves as traders of time versus mere employees. The trader spends his or her day managing their financial and time capital converting one … Continue reading Interbank market news scan: How to sell the idea of CBDCs? By paying labor at the end of the day.

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Interbank Market News Scan: No political rhetoric today that impacts the overnight markets in the U.S.

I would think that given the U.S. economy runs on a fractional reserve platform that the Administration and the Congress would politely opine more on monetary policy. The Administration and the Congress appear to prefer the “kick the can across Pennsylvania Avenue and down Constitution Avenue” approach to monetary policy, mentioning it only when it is time to deflect criticisms on his handling of the economy. Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: No political rhetoric today that impacts the overnight markets in the U.S.

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Interbank market news scan: Incentivizing the market for a CBDC.

Why not amend the Federal Reserve Act so that depositors can create and enter their own overnight market where they authorize the exchange of funds at some rate agreed to by depositors? Rather than risk less than optimal participation in the digital currency system including the risk that black markets for US currency are created, the government and the Federal Reserve could consider such an incentive system. Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Incentivizing the market for a CBDC.

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Interbank market news scan: The jobs report wraps up the Holy Week.

Mr Biden may have missed an opportunity to craft a narrative that emphasizes the importance of getting ahead of the inflationary impact of blocks of emerging economies threatening to transition from the US dollar to resource-backed currencies. These threats have yet to materialize into something definitive and until then the inflationary impact of dumping the US dollar or at least complementing it with other currencies is a way off. Continue reading Interbank market news scan: The jobs report wraps up the Holy Week.