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Interbank Market News Scan: I expect the EUR/USD to close above 1.0808 tomorrow.

The Stats … 30-Day Federal Funds Options (ZQV3): 94.99 Source: CME Group. Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.08% Discount Window: 5.25% Interest on Reserve Balances: 5.15% EUR/USD=1.0856 USD/JPY=135.6300 GBP/USD=1.2464 AUD/USD=0.6649 NZD/USD=0.6193 Source: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System. DXY=103.04 Source: MarketWatch. Today’s Definition: Effective federal funds rate “A volume-weighted median of transaction-level data collected from depository institutions.” … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: I expect the EUR/USD to close above 1.0808 tomorrow.

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Interbank market news scan: Most of us are digital serfs. Some of us will learn to trade.

The upside for the “knowledge worker” is that if she plays her cards right, she can go from being a digital version of a tenant farmer and trade her own coin. She has the research ability and given the digital tools that she likely helped develop, she can identify opportunities for trade and actively enter the markets. This is why I shed no tears about engineers being laid off from Facebook, Google, or Twitter. You have the digital skills and the severance pay to become traders. Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Most of us are digital serfs. Some of us will learn to trade.

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Interbank Market News Scan: What retail traders should look at from the Federal Reserve perspective at 8:43 am EST.

The Stats … 30-Day Federal Funds Futures and Options: 95.135 Source: CME Group. Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.08% Federal Funds Target Range: 5.00% to 5.25%. Discount Window: 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: market maker. “A firm … Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: What retail traders should look at from the Federal Reserve perspective at 8:43 am EST.

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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: Where bitcoin, foreign exchange, Treasurys, and Fed administered rates stand at 10:23 am EST.

30-Day Federal Funds Options (June 2023 ZQM3): 94.92 Fed Funds Target Range: 5.00-5.25% Effective Federal Funds Rate: 5.08% Interest on Reserve Balances: 5.15% Discount Window Rate: 5.25% Two-year Treasurys: 4.00% Ten-year Treasurys: 3.52% Prime Rate: 8.25% EUR/USD: 1.1026 USD/CAD: 1.3419 GBP/USD: 1.2650 DXY: 101.36 BTC/USD: 28138 Sources: CME Group, Board of Governors-Federal Reserve, MarketWatch. Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: Where bitcoin, foreign exchange, Treasurys, and Fed administered rates stand at 10:23 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: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.

You would swear that America has a labor centric economic policy especially when jobs day comes around. The labor centric sentiment is fleeting. The inordinate amount of attention that is given to the Federal Reserve and monetary policy tells me its more about the financial markets and a lot less about the labor markets. Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.