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 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

Interbank market news scan: Last week’s expectation of no Fed rate hike accompanied a lack of volatility in the foreign exchange market.

Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate between 5.00% and 5.25%. As the foreign exchange markets got closer to the 14 June 2023 decision, spreads in trade of EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, and AUD/USD got closer between 12 and 13 … Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Last week’s expectation of no Fed rate hike accompanied a lack of volatility in the foreign exchange market.

Consigliere: I am already seeing the impact of the debt ceiling deal…

The Speaker of the U.S. House, Kevin McCarthy, and the President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, came to a tentative deal yesterday (Saturday, 27 May 2023) on the debt ceiling for the United States government. While a bill is still to be hammered out, MSN and Reuters report that the deal would put … Continue reading Consigliere: I am already seeing the impact of the debt ceiling deal…