🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎧 In the latest ep of Oil Ground Up I was joined by Michelle Brouhard, head of policy and geopol risk at @Kpler, to talk about oil’s spiralling geopolitical mess, the diesel crisis, and what she really thinks about rising Hormuz oil flows https://t.co/ANumxzxKe4
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells Axios's @mikeallen he thinks Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is "doing well." "If I look at my call sheet every day, I probably have a hundred calls to make. I think if you're Fed chair, you probably have three. So part of my job is to make sure https://t.co/JK3V5uxD
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, according to state media, which didn't give any reason for his departure. Paknejad had been oil minister since Aug 2024. Hamid Bovard named acting minister.
Last week was mainly about bond market volatility, with evidence of spillover, and continued equity market resilience due to data and Fedspeak. This week, we get the Fed minutes and lots of interesting data. For more details, please see one of the links below for my weekly note
My colleague @alexlongley1 speaks to the captain of an oil tanker doing Strait of Hormuz crossings. “Tankers are always at risk all the time,” the captain said. “It’s a very dangerous vessel.” https://t.co/2ARuar25xu
The most interesting cut of the labor market data from yesterday. https://t.co/v0ydXQk959 引用 @EPBResearch:A new cycle high for cyclical payrolls. https://t.co/9OcEXfq4wU
Scenario (absolutely no relation to today) >oil experiences largest-ever supply shock >record pace of stock/emergency buffer drawdown >stocks fall from really high to precarious levels >supply fights to recover >mounting risk to 15 MMbpd of recovered supply Where are prices?
Bessent: "I can't control the bond market. What I can do is try to get people to slow down and think." "What I meant by 'I am the house' is that I have superior information." https://t.co/gWNMqc6992
Axios' @mikeallen asks Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if he regrets saying "I am the house now." Bessent: "No, because look, the house doesn't win every hand. The house plays percentages." https://t.co/W7JkS3WqAV
Color-coded real yields. Even with the recent spike, 10-year TIPS (2.91%) are only back to the pre-QE average (2.74%). Back then, debt held by the public was ~35% of GDP. Now it's ~100%. If debt were the driver, real yields would be far higher than pre-2008. https://t.co/3G49zfzkwk
The unemployment rate tells a similar picture of relative stability. It was 4.19% in June, 4.09% in July, 4.14% in August, and 4.18% in September. Since June 2024, the unemployment rate has not fallen below 4.0% or risen higher than 4.5%. https://t.co/x6ByfSnZ9P
Great to join @NYSE with @KristenScholer to discuss the latest #jobsreport, #diesel prices, economic trends and what this all means for the #Fed's next rate decision via @EYnews @EY_Parthenon https://t.co/cJQZJ88htZ 引用 @NYSE:Today on NYSE Live: @parisingh, @flowenghq @keithirizarry, @MLBNetwork+@E
⚠️The labor force participation rate is rebounding from historically low levels -- primarily driven by a rebound in participation amongst the younger cohorts <24yo. Ageing and early retirements are still a major drag on LF participation rate. https://t.co/CRcCvYIII0
🚨Income erosion We've long established the labor market is non-inflationary, but with real wage growth having been negative for the last 6-months that represents a cap on consumer spending growth https://t.co/IjrXx3L6PQ
Part of the institutional backdrop that helps explain limited foreign demand for Treasuries even as the US borrowing need hovers around 6 pp of GDP. Treasuries aren't just competing with bunds and JGBs; governments are evaluating the risk/ reward of Treasuries relative to
The Economist's Free Exchange column highlights how state investors have lost interest in conventional reserve assets (read Treasuries) and have joined the rest of the world in reaching for yield ... 1/3 https://t.co/zcO4YhdyST
Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) designations expose a multi-year scheme that moved more than $2 million to Hamas through sham charities and cryptocurrency. OFAC designated a member of Hamas’s military wing, along with two France-based individuals and