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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · Jul 21

🔔🔔🔔ATTENTION 🔔🔔🔔

Here is my long article on question of why Standing Repo Facility will potentially be one of the most important tools for the Federal Reserve in the post-QT era!!

Please taking some time to read it, i promise it's interesting!

Standing Repo Facility — the Fed’s soon-to-be most important tool?

Standing Repo Facility (SRF) is a relatively young Federal Reserve facility.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 37m

Capital Economics on Michigan data: “On balance, the survey suggests that household sentiment is very weak, which may be a downside risk to our consumption forecast, although the relationship between the two has not been particularly strong in recent years.”

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

yeah, like Carney said they were still talking like yesterday ? But honestly to talk with whom? they are all quite busy (with Argentina, China , these and that

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

"A French name heh~ Show me your passport!!"

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

Is Dominic LeBlanc still in DC??

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

The amount of updates :)

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

Now tell me, who send this email out :)

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

BLS will publish the September 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 8:30 A.M.

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 1h

BLS will publish the September 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 8:30 A.M.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s tariff war on China is not over by a long shot, as president weighs 'massive increase' in import taxes, even as many in Fed had been downgrading their inflation worries.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 2h

‘It is disappearingly rare for the Federal Reserve to be cutting rates while profits are growing. In every other case going back almost four decades, the Fed always began cutting with corporate earnings on the decline.‘ www.ft.com/content/7fe5... by @robarmstrong.bsky.social

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

oh, and they are full times jobs!!!!!

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

So... why Canada's labor force and job growth/fall go this closely together the last four months...

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

Thank god, StatCan CSV loads again!!

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 2h

Trump says he was blindsided by new Chinese trade restrictions. He is “calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America.” Market not happy.

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

But we all know it shouldn't make sense this time as this time is about battling against the depreciation of peso, rather than bridging it through an interest payment deadline?

You can't just withdraw US's SDR by month-end. Peso will fall again right?

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

We all know the whole point of the current rescue package is to bridge Milei to the Oct 26 election...

So the version Georgieva talking about may actually be "like Qatar did" in terms of how short the bridge loan would be?

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

We can see that is like the case as Qatar's SDR holdings didn't fall at all (it instead rose...) in by the end of Aug 2023

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

Now I have a question about the phase "like Qatar did in 2023"

Because in essence, Qatar lent out 580 million SDR on Aug 4 and should have got all of them back by Aug 23, when Argentina got their SDR 5.5 billion disbursement from IMR

EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 14h

According to Georgieva, the assistance could come as a loan that made use of the US’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs, the IMF’s “currency”), like Qatar did in 2023 when Sergio Massa was economy minister

US Treasury intervenes directly in Argentine forex market - Buenos Aires Herald

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the purchase of pesos after a week of negotiations with Argentine officials in Washington

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

first interview question would be "have you buy gold recently" right?

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 3h

applications are still open if you are interested in working with me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on the Unhedged newsletter

main task is to try and make me look clever and to compensate for my woeful inability to make nice charts

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 2h

I honestly like New Brunswick's convenience stores as they showcases good selection of alcohol beverages (even I don't drink at all)

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 3h

Ontario’s expansion of alcohol sales has been a “real game-changer” for convenience stores, driving higher foot traffic and replacing revenue lost due to a “huge” decrease in cigarette sales, according to the Convenience Industry Council of Canada.

Ontario’s convenience stores were in trouble, until beer and wine sales. Now revenues are surging

A new survey by the Convenience Industry Council of Canada found that revenue on all products in convenience stores was up 12 per cent this September in Ontario compared to last fall.

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 3h

I am in the rabbit hold of how Argentina borrowed SDR 580 billion from Qatar in Aug 2023

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 3h

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 3h

"We discussed how to ensure the fair use of frozen Russian assets to protect against Russia’s war and to help rebuild life in Ukraine. There are solutions for how this can be done," Zelenskiy said, calling for more political will in Europe to do this.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City @kansascityfed.bsky.social · 3h

The stablecoin market is currently too small to have a large effect on Treasury demand, but the market is expected to grow substantially in the future.

Funds flowing into stablecoins have to flow out of another source, which could reduce the supply of loans in the economy. https://bit.ly/4lk4qP3

Stablecoins Could Increase Treasury Demand, but Only by Reducing Demand for Other Assets

Many expect the establishment of a U.S. framework for stablecoins to increase demand for Treasuries, thereby supporting the Treasury market. Although stablecoin issuers are currently only a small part...

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Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social · 3h

Fun fact: You can write clarinet lessons off on your taxes! (with a note from your dentist) It’s one of thousands of exemptions

I look at why U.S. taxes are so complicated for @marketplace.org with @dashching.bsky.social & Larry Zelenak @dukelaw.bsky.social

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