U.S. Federal Reserve Sends $6.27B To Swiss Banks

Recently, the Swiss National Bank took $6.27B from the U.S. Federal Reserve swap line. The previous week, the Swiss National Bank took $3.1B. Both draws were more extensive than any draws made during the Covid pandemic. The Fed has open swap lines with five central banks: the European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, and the Swiss National Bank. The only other bank to draw a swap this week was the ECB for $211.5 million.

The Fed states, “swap lines are designed to improve liquidity conditions in dollar funding markets in the United States and abroad by providing foreign central banks with the capacity to deliver U.S. dollar funding to institutions in their jurisdictions during times of market stress…The swap lines support financial stability and serve as a prudent liquidity backstop.” The Swiss National Bank taking two substantial swap line positions two weeks in a row is a big red flag something is drastically wrong.

The Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes create instability and imbalance in many places, especially Europe and Japan. Europe and Japan are more addicted to printing than the U.S. and have not raised rates as quickly as the Fed. The unequal interest rates are making the Dollar appear strong but crushing the other currencies. Last week, the United Nations warned the Fed to pause interest rate hikes because higher interest rates represent an “imprudent gamble” of a global recession. Despite the political pandering, it is highly unlikely the Fed will pivot.

Credit Suisse is comparable in size to Lehman Brothers. Market analysts are concerned Credit Suisse could be Lehman Brothers moment for Europe and send the entire world into a deep recession. Whether it's unequal interest rates, a banking liquidity crisis, record inflation, or a collapse of currencies, a worldwide recession is undoubtedly coming. Analysts at Bloomberg says there is a 100% chance of a recession in the next 12 months. The U.S. economy hit the technical definition of a recession earlier this year, but politicians conveniently changed the definition of a recession. If a recession is coming, and we aren’t in one yet, it is safe to say that whatever is economically in front of us is worse than what’s behind us. Stocks are down 22.08% YTD. Bonds are down 19.3% YTD. Bitcoin is down 59.53% YTD, and housing prices have just started falling. Whatever is in front of us, analysts think, will be worse than that because they aren’t calling the current economy a recession.

The signs are everywhere. The economy is in horrible shape and about to get worse. The global economy is like a giant ship in the ocean, and different parts of the ship are starting to take on water. The weaker economies are the front of the ship, and the Dollar is the mast. When the front of the ship takes on water, it elevates the rear and mast of the ship higher into the air. The Dollar is the mast catapulted into the air. Eventually, the ship goes down. It is time to abandon the ship and get a life raft.

Gold and silver are the rafts. Precious metals have been the trusted, safe haven assets for thousands of years. Our current economy may feel very sophisticated and complicated. We can trade million-dollar contracts on a cell phone, but economic chaos is not new. The world ship has sunk many times, and people return to precious metals every time. People continually return to precious metals because it has continually worked and preserved the fortunes of countless kings and paupers. Do you have a better plan than what has worked for thousands of years?

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