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23 Nov 2023

Interest rate on credit card debt has risen to 21.19%

To put this in perspective, this rate was at 14.56% in early 2022. That’s a 6% + jump in less than 2 years. Current levels have NEVER been seen in over 25 years. This is happening at a time when credit card debt has crossed the $1 trillion threshold. To make things worse, personal interest payments have crossed $500 billion. Source: Game of Trades

23 Nov 2023

U.S. Bank Losses on held-to-maturity assets have soared to an ALL-TIME HIGH of $400 Billion! 👀

Source: Barchart, FT

21 Nov 2023

US bank stocks never recovered from the regional banking crisis. Currently, US bank stocks are at record lows relative to the S&P 500

According to Moodys, major US banks are sitting on $650 billion in unrealized losses. Meanwhile, the looming commercial real estate (CRE) crisis has small banks in question. Small banks currently hold ~70% of all CRE loans in the US, $1.5 trillion of which need to be refinanced by 2025. Source: BofA, The Kobeissi Letter

20 Nov 2023

US Commercial Bank deposits fell 2.5% over the last 2 years, the largest 2-year decline on record

Source: Charlie Bilello

13 Nov 2023

U.S. Banks have fallen to an all-time low against the S&P 500

Source: FT, Barchart

7 Nov 2023

For only the 3rd time in the last 50 years, commercial bank credit has declined by more than 2%

The other 2 times were the peak of the Dot Com Bubble and the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. Source: barchart

30 Oct 2023

U.S. Bank losses on held-to-maturity assets have soared to an ALL-TIME HIGH of $400 Billion

Source: Barchart

30 Oct 2023

This is WORSE than the 2008 Financial Crisis. Credit card defaults are rising at levels NEVER seen in 3 decades

Source: Game of Trades

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