105bps of fed rate cuts are now priced into 2024.
Source: Mike Z.
BREAKING: The Fed’s Reverse Repo (RRP) facility has dropped below $300 billion for the first time since 2021
The RRP is one of the financial system's excess liquidity metrics and is widely watched by investors. Large banks, government-sponsored enterprises, and money-market funds put their extra cash into the facility to earn interest on it. RRP usage has plummeted by $2.3 TRILLION since December 2022. Over the last several months, however, the decline has stabilized and the facility usage has been oscillating around $300-$400 billion. Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
Equities tend to perform well after the Fed cutting cycle starts, unless growth is weak
Source: Goldman Sachs, Mike Z.
Use of Fed's Reverse Repo Facility Falls to Lowest Since 2021
Analysts said investors may have pulled their money from the reverse repo market and placed cash in the overnight repo market, where banks and financial firms such as hedge funds borrow short-term cash using Treasuries or other debt securities as collateral. In addition, a large rise in the supply of Treasury bills on Tuesday and Thursday, is likely to further drain cash from the RRP facility, analysts said. Source: Win Smart, Bloomberg, Yahoo finance
The market is pricing in a 50 basis point rate cut next month.
Market returns following rate cuts have been positive except for periods when the market is generally in crisis. Source: Charlie Bilello, Peter Mallouk
The main reason the economy has been able to avoid a recession over the last 2-years
was due to the massive spending from the inflation reduction and CHIPs Acts. However, the rate of that spending is declining which could potentially weigh on economic growth going forward. Source: BofA, The Daily Shot, Lance Roberts
This is what triggered a global-scale sell-off of every major asset class...
A harsh remainder how shaky the global financial system is... Source: Bank of Japan, Sina 21st Capital on X
This is the ultimate reason why the Bank of Japan ‘needs to maintain monetary easing.’ DEBT
i.e the yen carrytrade is likely to resume sooner rather than later Source: Jeroen Blokland
