SVB and First Republic are NOT anomalies.
There are hundreds of billions of dollars of deposits missing from the banking system.
$2 TRILLION in unrealized losses on securities.
The crisis is just getting started.
Governments and commercial banks print real-economy money.
Central Banks print financial-sector money.
Let's precisely define the two forms of money.
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There are a lot of headlines going around about countries moving away from the U.S. Dollar.
Over the last 25 years, the U.S. Dollar's use for reserves globally is down from 72% to 59%.
Here are all the recent events summarized and what it means going forward (a thread):
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Commercial real estate has been recently slaughtered, as investors grapple with:
- Low occupancy rates
- High leverage & refinancing costs
- Potential credit crunch due to regional banks being big CRE lenders
CMBS is a big credit asset class - put it on your watch list
Most people don't realize how crucial Silicon Valley Bank is.
Billions of dollars in venture debt. Untold amounts of warrants and convertible notes in early-stage firms.
If SVB fails, this could be the Lehman moment for the startup world.
Worth repeating: the lowest unemployment on record in the US (modern estimates) came in June 1953.
The recession of '53/'54 started the very next month.
The unemployment rate is TERRIBLE as a cyclical indicator. So is payroll data. Beer is better.
https://t.co/OwSoPinzSE
Juros para financiamento imobiliário nos EUA batendo 7,1% ao ano.
Uma parcela para uma casa de U$500k que antes era de U$2,1k agora é de U$3,4k.
O mercado imobiliário Americano ajudou a puxar boa parte do crescimento econômico dos últimos anos.
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JUST IN: Average 30-year mortgage interest rate hits 7.1%, the first move above 7.0% since October 2022.
The average payment on a $500,000 mortgage:
- May 2021: $2,100
- NOW: $3,400
Mortgage payments are up 61% in under 2 years.
How can this end well?