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CFTC Swaps Report Update
Date 03/02/2025
CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available: http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/SwapsReports/index.htm.
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Economy Statement For The US Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee
Date 03/02/2025
Introduction
Recent data indicate that U.S. economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2024—reflecting in part the impacts of consecutive hurricanes in October as well as labor strikes. Fourth-quarter data also suggest that labor markets have largely returned to balance, but headline and core inflation both ticked up. Further moderation is needed before inflation is sustainably consistent with the Federal Reserve’s target.
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US Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates
Date 03/02/2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of privately-held net marketable borrowing[1] for the January – March 2025 and April – June 2025 quarters.
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Federal Reserve: Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey On Bank Lending Practices
Date 03/02/2025
Survey of up to eighty large domestic banks and twenty-four U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. The Federal Reserve generally conducts the survey quarterly, timing it so that results are available for the January/February, April/May, August, and October/November meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee. The Federal Reserve occasionally conducts one or two additional surveys during the year. Questions cover changes in the standards and terms of the banks' lending and the state of business and household demand for loans. The survey often includes questions on one or two other topics of current interest.
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US Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases CRA Performance Evaluations For 20 National Banks And Federal Savings Associations
Date 03/02/2025
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of January 1, 2025, through January 31, 2025.
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Low Intensity Competition For Prosperity Of Overall Markets: By Kelvin To, Founder And President Of Data Boiler Technologies
Date 03/02/2025
Market data reform was originally a raised concern for fairness of access and cost burden for market participants. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the Consolidated Tape (CT) for UK equities would not happen until 2028 is in effect a diplomatic move without saying the obvious. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) MiFIR Review Final Report contains FATAL FLAWS that will lead the European equities markets to a death spiral. Switzerland is NOT a part of the EU. It may sit on the fence and observe if other National Competent Authorities (NCAs) REJECT this faulted ‘Regulatory Technical Standards’ (RTS) at the European Commission (EC) level. Meanwhile, the US Market Data Infrastructure Rule (MDIR) is set to be implemented in November 2025 with odd-lot information to be included by May 2026. The following pinpoints the key flaws and how to turn it around positively for the best interest of investment firms and the overall markets.
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US Department Of Justice: Canadian Man Charged In $65M Cryptocurrency Hacking Schemes
Date 03/02/2025
A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in New York charging a Canadian man with exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors.
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SIFMA Fixed Income Market Close Recommendation In The U.S., The U.K. And Japan For Presidents Day
Date 03/02/2025
SIFMA has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Monday, February 17 for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed income securities in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan in observance of the U.S. Presidents Day Holiday.
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SIFMA’s 2025 Priorities
Date 03/02/2025
Recently, SIFMA has met with our Board to set our 2025 priorities on behalf of our members and in support of our mission to promote effective and resilient capital markets. In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s president and CEO, Ken Bentsen, and SIFMA’s COO, Joseph Seidel, sit down to discuss SIFMA’s priorities for the year ahead.
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ACER Will Consult On Inter-Temporal Cost Allocation Mechanisms For Financing Hydrogen Infrastructure
Date 03/02/2025
The EU’s Hydrogen and decarbonised gas market package (2024) aims to support the development of a competitive hydrogen market and the integration of renewable gases into Europe’s energy system. To achieve this, the package extends the role of ACER to include new hydrogen-related tasks.
