Federal Reserve Data: Repo Rates, Lending Windows and Interest Expectations Change

Investing.com – A series of data has now been released from the Federal Reserve on the lending window, the repo rate, and the US Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, and the results and comparative results are as follows:

• The Federal Reserve’s offshore (foreign) repo utilization is 0 on April 26, compared to $20 billion on April 19.
• The Fed’s budget shrank from $8.643 trillion to $8.613 trillion between April 19 and April 26.
• Emergency lending to banks rose to $155.2 billion during the week, compared to $143.9 billion for the previous week.
• The discount window available to banks rises to $73.90 billion, compared to $69.98 billion for the previous week.
• Financing loans to banks recorded $81.3 billion in the week ending April 26, compared to $74.0 billion in the previous week.

The data indicates a continuation of the monetary tightening policy with a decrease in the Federal Reserve budget. However, in light of the suffering of regional banks in the United States, the reduction windows and bank lending channels are witnessing an increase compared to last week. His fate is pending until now, with a plan to sell assets ranging from $50 billion to $100 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Continuing monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve, which was supported by data showing a decline in the M2 money supply, which continues to decline for 8 months in a row.

For the month of June, there is only a 20% chance of another rate hike by 25 basis points.

While the market is awaiting data that the Fed looks at to estimate inflation, at 12:30 GMT.

markets

It remains weak below the level of $2,000 an ounce, in light of the increasing strength of Treasury bond yields, which today recorded a two-year level of 4 basis points, up by about 4% during the day, and it is associated with returns in an inverse relationship, as gold is a store of value only and has no return.

Today, US stock markets are rising on the impact of Wall Street’s giant earnings reports, which exceeded expectations.