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International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Sunday that risks to financial stability have increased and called for continued vigilance although actions by advanced economies have calmed market stress.
    Where Financial Risk Lies, in 12 Charts: WSJ
Mar 27, 2023 - 05:29:57 PDT
Data show worrisome trends in real estate, banks and private markets. The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was driven in part by assets that lost value when interest rates rose from near zero. Higher rates will continue to weigh on banks’ balance sheets. They will also cause problems in other parts of the economy.
Credit Suisse tapped the Swiss National Bank for "a large multi-billion amount" last weekend to secure its liquidity, the country's finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter told Swiss broadcaster SRF on Saturday.
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U.S. authorities are considering the expansion of an emergency lending facility that would offer banks more support, in an effort that could give First Republic Bank more time to shore up its balance sheet, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.
    Push for Bank Rescues Clashes With Washington Realities
Mar 27, 2023 - 05:23:58 PDT
The banking crisis set off by the collapse of SVB has exposed a disconnect: Bankers want more aggressive action to shore up the industry, while regulators argue they've done what they can within the limits of the law.
Regulators again assured the public that the system is safe, as data showed customers pulled nearly $100 billion in deposits.
An executive who also serves on the board overseeing the New York Federal Reserve warned on Twitter of potentially systemic problems in the real estate finance market and called on the industry to work with authorities to avoid things getting out of hand.
    Welcome to the Superprime Banking Crisis; WSJ
Mar 27, 2023 - 05:20:35 PDT
Rising interest rates have exposed the problem with building a strategy around serving wealthy clients.
    Deutsche Bank and the Ghost of Crisis Past: WSJ
Mar 27, 2023 - 05:18:41 PDT
Worries about the German lender risk becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy as investors search for the next weak link in European banking after Credit Suisse.
    Global Markets Edge Up as Bank Fears Ease
Mar 27, 2023 - 05:16:58 PDT
U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, after First Citizens BancShares helped calm unsettled markets by saying that it would take the deposits and loans of failed Silicon Valley Bank. The deal offered markets some respite after weeks of turmoil set off by the collapse of tech-focused SVB earlier this month and punctuated by more bank failures and rescues orchestrated by...
In the week before it raised interest rates another 25 basis points to fight inflation, the Federal Reserve added more than $94 billion to its balance sheet. This was on top of the nearly $300 billion it piled onto the balance sheet in the first week of its bank bailout.
The balance sheet reveals that Fed has loaned banks nearly $400 billion in money created out of thin air in just two weeks.
Peter Schiff appeared on Real America with Dan Ball to talk about the bank bailout, the unfolding financial crisis, the Fed and inflation. He said this is a sequel to 2008 and like all sequels, it's going to be worse.
Gold is wrapping up March, which is a minor delivery month. While it was a decent delivery month, it was the smallest minor month since November 2021.
Traders and the Market are preparing for much higher gold prices as bullish bets on gold hit record highs.  But, is this a good sign?  We will see, especially if the banking crisis continues to spread throughout the world in the following weeks and months...
A long-term gold valuation model, which assumes gold will account for the majority of international reserves, suggests the gold price to exceed $8,000 in the coming decade.
Gold and silver prices rallied Thursday, scoring settlement highs that reached more than a year for gold and to seven weeks for silver. Up for a third time this week, gold for April delivery tacked on $46.30, or 2.4%, to close at $1,995.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Once regarded as a “barbarous relic” by the Wall Street financial sector, gold and silver are now in heavy demand to hedge against inflation and financial risk.
So far, the commodity market’s reaction has gone down different routes with precious metals rallying as they benefitted from collapsing yields and safe-haven demand.
Booth also provides her economic outlook, and suggests that investors can "be bold" in allocating more than 10% of their portfolio to gold, which she forecasts will rise in the midst of ongoing financial stress.