22:54 2025-06-17
The Federal Reserve will hold a meeting to discuss easing bank leverage requirementsThe US Federal Reserve is to meet to discuss plans to ease leverage requirements for big banks, in what is expected to be the start of a broad programme to rethink bank rules. The Fed announced that it would hold a board meeting on June 25 to discuss changes to the so-called "supplemental leverage ratio", which requires banks to hold assets regardless of risk.
22:48 2025-06-17
The probability that the Federal Reserve will maintain interest rates unchanged this week is 97.3%.According to the CME "Fed Watch", the probability that the Fed will maintain interest rates unchanged in June is 97.3%, and the probability of reducing interest rates by 25 basis points is 2.7%; the probability of maintaining interest rates unchanged in July is 85.3%, the probability of reducing interest rates by 25 basis points is 14.4%, and the probability of reducing interest rates by 50 basis points is 0.3%.
22:32 2025-06-17
TD Cowen: Strategy's STRD offering will'deliver significant value to MSTR stockholders'Enterprise bitcoin finance firm Strategy (ticker MSTR) recently bought about 10,000 bitcoins for $1 billion, bringing its total holdings close to the 600,000 BTC mark. The company's recent purchases were largely funded by the initial public offering (IPO) of its $1 billion Stride perpetual preference share (STRD). According to TD Cowen analysts, this process "establishes a channel for future high-yield inflows into bitcoin". In addition, STRK and STRF...
21:29 2025-06-17
Macron warns violent overthrow of Iranian regime will spark regional "chaos"According to Politico, French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday opposed the violent overthrow of the Iranian regime, warning that it could have destabilizing effects across the Middle East. "The biggest mistake today was to try to change the regime in Iran by military means, because that would lead to chaos," Macron told reporters on the final day of the G7 summit in Canada. "No one can say what will happen next," he warned. "We never support actions that destabilize the region." Mark...