CDS traders are sending default swaps on the big US BANKS sharply wider
- Deutsche Bank believes the rise in yields could propel Banks' Unrealized losses $140 Billion higher to a record $700 Billion. DB strategist Zeng warns the Q3 explosion in rates has no doubt widened the unrealized losses in US banks bond portfolios, which was already the catalyst for multiple bank failures this year at a time when #rates blew out to far more normal levels.
BREAKING: UK Metro Bank shares plunge 50% as it tries to urgently raise £600m capital
- Metro Bank is seeking to raise up to £600mn after its share price fell almost 50 per cent in recent weeks, said people with knowledge of the plan. The UK challenger bank is in talks with investors about raising £250mn in equity funding and £350mn in debt to shore up its balance sheet, the people said. - The talks came after regulators last month failed to approve a request from Metro to lower the capital requirements attached to its mortgage business. - Bank Crisis - Round II ? Source: FT
In case you missed it. Citigroup $C yesterday closed at its lowest price since the onset of Covid...
Source: barchart
Credit Card Delinquency rates at small banks have reached 7.51%, the highest level ever recorded
Source: FRED
U.S. Banks are facing roughly $600 billion of unrealized losses which accounts for roughly 25% of total banking capital, near the highest levels in history
Source: Barchart, FDIC, Alpine Macro
A lot of US banks deposits are going into money market funds which saw a $6.3 billion inflow last week, up to $5.64 trillion
Money market funds paying 5%+ interest rates have become the new safety trade. Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg, The Kobeissi Letter Activate to view larger image,
German banks are NOT passing on the increased interest rates to their customers
Commerzbank, Germany's 2n-largest retail bank, has announced it will increase net interest income to €8bn. Commerzbank has increased its deposit beta - a measure of how much of a rate increase it passes along to savers - slower than initially expected. The bank will end this year with something around a deposit beta of avg 40%. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Why German industrial model is at risk in one chart...
Without reliable access to affordable power, Germany fears energy-intensive companies will invest elsewhere, and “we will lose this industrial base,” vice-chancellor Robert Habeck said. Source: Eurostat, Gustavo Philippsen Fuhr
