Monetary Tightening

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

March 21, 2023 Bitcoin.com

Bailout

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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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability

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

March 17, 2023 Bitcoin.com

Bailouts

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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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability

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

March 14, 2023 Bitcoin.com

asset-liability management

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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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability

Federal Reserve Raises Benchmark Interest Rate by 0.25%, Disinflationary Process ‘Early,’ Says Powell 

February 1, 2023 Bitcoin.com

0.25%

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25% on Wednesday after markets priced in near 100% certainty the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would codify the quarter-point increase. The FOMC statement further detailed that ongoing rate increases are anticipated to bring inflation down to the target range of 2%. FOMC Outlines […]

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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability

Economist Mohamed El-Erian Predicts ‘Sticky’ Inflation Despite Federal Reserve’s Efforts to Bring it Down

January 23, 2023 Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin

As investors examine the next move of the Federal Reserve, analysts, economists and market participants are also closely monitoring inflation levels. In Dec. 2022, the annual inflation rate dropped to 6.5%, and many experts predict it will decrease further. However, economist Mohamed El-Erian of the University of Cambridge believes inflation will become “sticky” in midyear, […]

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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability

UN Report Urges Fed to Suspend Interest Rate Hikes, Presses for ‘Public Spending’ Increases

October 4, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Benchmark Rates

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes and the slew of other central banks raising rates, could pose harm to the global economy. UNCTAD calculated that for every Fed basis point rise, the economic output of wealthy countries declines by 0.5%, and for […]

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Bank of Russia Dismisses US Asset Confiscation Effects on Russia’s Economic Stability