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11 Oct 2024

In case you missed it... Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic is okay with skipping rate cut in November 🚨

Source: Barchart

9 Oct 2024

US credit card interest rates hit 23.4% in August, a new record.

Over the last 2 years, rates have soared by 7 percentage points. US consumers now have a record $1.36 trillion in credit card debt and other revolving credit meaning they pay a massive $318 billion annual interest. To put this into perspective, Americans paid just half of that in 2019 at ~$160 billion. Meanwhile, credit card serious delinquency rates are at 7%, the highest level since 2011. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

25 Sep 2024

Market pricing for another 50 bps rate cut at the Fed's next meeting two days after the election is now up to 60%.

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25 Sep 2024

US CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES ARE AT ALL-TIME HIGHS

US credit card rates remain at record highs of ~22%. US credit card debt is now ~$1.14 trillion, also at an all-time high. This means Americans pay ~$250 billion in average interest payments on credit cards a year. Source: Global Markets Investor

20 Sep 2024

US yieldcurve keeps steepening...

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

19 Sep 2024

🚨WHAT? US stocks fell after a 0.50% rate cut?🚨

Markets were very mixed after the Fed 'Jumbo' reduction. Big cuts are not usually a good sign BUT... Day 1 is usually not the REAL reaction. We need to wait 2 more trading sessions to see what's really going on. Market performance today: S&P 500 -0.3% Nasdaq -0.3% Russell 2000 +0.0% Dow Jones -0.3% Bitcoin +0.1% Bank Index +0.4% VIX +4%, front month futures VIX -1% Gold -0.6% WTI Crude Oil -1.3% Source. Global Markets Investor

18 Sep 2024

FED cuts rates by 50bp to 4.75%-5% range

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, in an aggressive start to a policy shift aimed at bolstering the US labor market.Committee sees another half-point of cuts in rest of 2024Policymakers penciled in an additional percentage point of cuts in 2025, according to their median forecast.

17 Sep 2024

BREAKING: Prediction markets are now pricing-in a 48% chance of a 50 basis point Fed rate cut this week.

Odds of a 50 basis point rate cut have gone from 2% to 48% in just 5 days, according to Kalshi. This will be the first Fed policy decision without a 90%+ consensus since 2020... Source: The Kobeissi Letter

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