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Foreign exchange rates, Eastern Caribbean and United States. 1:23 am AST

Federal Reserve System-United States Virgin Islands AUD/USD=0.6478 GBP/USD=1.2457 EUR/USD=1.0647 JPY/USD=0.0065 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank USD/XCD=2.7000 GBP/XCD=3.3679 CAD/XCD=1.9626 EUR/XCD=2.8833 Central Bank of Barbados USD/BBD=1.9800 GBP/BBD=2.4410 CAD/BBD=1.4342 EUR/BBD=2.0910 Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago USD/TTD=6.2042 CAD/TTD=5.7145 GBP/TTD=8.2640 EUR/TTD=2.3943 Bank of Guyana USD/GYD=207.98 CAD/GYD=151.1 GBP/GYD=258.81 EUR/GYD=221.64 Sources: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Central Bank … Continue reading Foreign exchange rates, Eastern Caribbean and United States. 1:23 am AST

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Foreign exchange rates. Eastern Caribbean and Federal Reserve as 8:03 am AST

Federal Reserve AUD/USD 0.6478 GBP/USD 1.2457 EUR/USD 1.0647 USD/JPY 153.1200 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank USD/XCD 2.7000 AUD/XCD 1.7345 GBP/XCD 3.3670 JPY/XCD 0.0175 EUR/XCD 2.8728 CAD/XCD 1.9553 Central Bank of Barbados USD/BBD 1.9800 GBP/USD 2.4372 CAD/BBD 1.4289 EUR/BBD 2.0821 Sources: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Central Bank of Barbados, Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System. Continue reading Foreign exchange rates. Eastern Caribbean and Federal Reserve as 8:03 am AST

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The Fed narrative and depositors. Is there a conflict?

A high school classmate shared with me her concern about looking for higher yielding accounts. Baby boomers closing in on retirement are either trying to accumulate more cash via compounding interest while saving more of our incomes and sticking those savings into accounts. Meanwhile the media is guiding our eyeballs and eardrums to the messaging … Continue reading The Fed narrative and depositors. Is there a conflict?

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If the Fed wants to protect its political independence, it should petition to amend the Federal Reserve Act.

We are moving deeper into the silly season. If there are still any primaries going on, Super Tuesday just about sucked what little oxygen there was out of the room. That President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump would end up being the presumptive nominees for their parties was, based on the polling, expected. … Continue reading If the Fed wants to protect its political independence, it should petition to amend the Federal Reserve Act.

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Does the media focus too much on the Federal Reserve?

I swear sometimes that Bloomberg, Reuters, and Yahoo! Finance are nothing but mouthpieces for the Federal Reserve System. During my brief stint as an analyst/editor with Telecommunications Reports, a standard mode for gathering intel on regulatory agencies was to sit next to the fax machine waiting for a press release. We would then confirm the … Continue reading Does the media focus too much on the Federal Reserve?

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A quiet day yesterday in the United States as foreign exchange markets got ready for Asia to open.

10-year bond yield and currency data from Bloomberg paint a quiet day in those markets. The GBP/USD stayed flat between 9:30 am to 4:15 pm with the rate going from 1.2686 to 1.2684. The EUR/USD was flat as well with ever so slight dollar weakening from 1.0847 to 1.0851 this afternoon. The Japanese yen demonstrated … Continue reading A quiet day yesterday in the United States as foreign exchange markets got ready for Asia to open.

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I see baby Boomers seeking yield. Will the U.S. central banking system accommodate them?

In comments made last week by a number of members of the Federal Open Market Committee, traders and investors should hold their horses on a cut in overnight banking rates anytime before June 2024. There appears to be some sentiment among Committee members that reducing the overnight lending rate between banks (federal funds rate) and … Continue reading I see baby Boomers seeking yield. Will the U.S. central banking system accommodate them?

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The Federal Reserve, banking, and managing political theatrics ….

The Federal Open Market Committee issued a decision last Wednesday to maintain the target range of its federal funds rate between 5.25% and 5.50%. For banks that need to borrow from the Federal Reserve System’s discount window, rates for this lender of last resort facility is at 5.50%. Within the interbank market, banks will continue to see … Continue reading The Federal Reserve, banking, and managing political theatrics ….

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Beware of political strategists. Your goal is to become an agent of State power…

You should beware of today’s political strategist. Their job is to sell you on the idea of voting for certain candidates at best and, while they struggle with economics 101, sell you on proposed policies and legislation that supposedly are created to meet your self-interest. None of these strategists know you, but, according to their focus group … Continue reading Beware of political strategists. Your goal is to become an agent of State power…