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Speculation Intensifies Over US Banking Sector’s Fate as Fed’s BTFP Closure Looms

DIGIT — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:15:36 +0000

This weekend, many are intrigued by the potential outcomes following the cessation of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), launched amidst the significant banking collapses in March 2023. Some argue that the banking turmoil is far from over, suggesting it has merely been postponed, with institutions like New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) […]

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White House Says Biden Has ‘Confidence’ in Fed Chair Powell While Fedwatch Tool Predicts a 25bps Hike This Week

DIGIT — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:39:25 +0000

With the Federal Open Market Committee convening on Wednesday and the recent financial troubles facing the U.S. banking system, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden has “confidence” in Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. Meanwhile, according to the CME Group’s Fedwatch tool, the target rate probability suggests the Fed will raise the […]

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‘Next Round of Bailouts Is Here’ — Bitcoin and Precious Metals Soar Amid Speculation of Fed Policy Change

DIGIT — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:30:38 +0000

At around 7:30 a.m. ET, the price of bitcoin skyrocketed past the $27,000 range to a high of $27,025 per unit. Precious metals, or PMs, like gold and silver, also rose between 1.98% and 2.12% against the U.S. dollar over the past day. While many market observers are wondering why specific assets like PMs and […]

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Moody’s Downgrades US Banking Sector to Negative After Collapse of Three Major Banks

DIGIT — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:34:56 +0000

After the failure of three major U.S. banks last week, with two of them being the second and third largest banking failures in the country, Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating of the U.S. banking system from “stable” to “negative.” As one of the “Big Three” credit rating firms, Moody’s cited a “rapid deterioration […]

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US Fed faces internal probe over Silicon Valley Bank failure

DIGIT — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 02:24:57 +0000

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said a “careful and thoughtful” review is needed to understand how the bank collapsed under its watch.

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