US Bank Deposits Fell Ahead Of Stress Tests; Fed Bailout Facility Stuck At Massive $107BN
Heading into the bank stress tests, money-market fund total assets rose by a de minimus $5BN while seasonally-adjusted bank deposits fell $18BN to $17.594 TN…
Source: Bloomberg
And, on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis, deposits also fell (for the second straight week) by $14.8BN
Source: Bloomberg
Excluding foreign deposits, total domestic deposits fell on both an SA and NSA basis (-$15BN and -$5BN respectively)…
Source: Bloomberg
Small banks and Large banks both saw $7.5BN outflows (SA) each, while on an NSA basis, Small banks saw $5.9BN outflows as Large banks saw around $1BN of deposits inflows.
Usage of The Fed’s bank bailout facility shrank a tiny amount – but still remains at an extremely high $107BN that the banks do not want to repay any time soon…
Source: Bloomberg
On the other side of the ledger, loan volumes shrank overall with a $630MN increase at large banks offset by a $3.7BN loan volume shrink at small banks…
Source: Bloomberg
Finally, US equity market capitalization remains drastically decoupled from its historically tight relationship with bank reserves at The Fed…
Source: Bloomberg
But globally, central bank balance sheet shrinkage continues as stocks soar…
Source: Bloomberg
Now that would be quite recoupling…
Tyler Durden
Fri, 07/05/2024 – 16:40