The Ledger
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Japanese Dollar Lending Lubricates Global Money Markets and Boosts Float
“How Japanese institutions are lending their dollars in a much greater scale, which is lubricating global money markets and increasing the float of dollars.”
Aitken: Fed provided $212B bridge loan to FDIC's bad bank
“Something that's still little commented on today is that the Fed provided a bridge loan to the tune of two hundred and twelve billion dollars to the FDIC's bad bank.”
Aitken: Cumulative Fed rate hikes will bite by early Q4 2023
“But as we get into the back end of 2023, my best guess is no later than early fourth quarter. That's a guess. The cumulative impact of hikes starts to bite. The consumer starts to retrench a little. Continuing claims are heading up. The labor market keeps soft…”