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Jan 2024
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Michael Howell: Federal Reserve Continue...

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Michaell Howell, CEO of CrossBorder Capital, returns to Forward Guidance to update viewers on his outlook on global liquidity. Howell notes that further evidence supports his long-held view that liquidity bottomed in October 2022, and he explains why he expects liquidity to strengthen further into 2024, making for a favorable environment for liquidity-sensitive assets such as stocks, gold, and crypto. Filmed on January 11, 2024.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:57) Howell: Liquidity Conditions Continue To Strengthen From Their Lows In The Early Fall of 2022

(12:26) Implications For Stocks, Gold, and Crypto

(22:50) Industry Sectors At This Stage In The Liquidity Cycle

(24:37) The Bond Market Is Being Distorted By The Federal Reserve

(30:07) Term Premia And Convexity In Fixed-Income

(37:07) Bank Term Funding Program and Draining of Fed's Reverse Repo (RRP) Facility

(40:11) Drivers Of Fed Liquidity In 2024 and Beyond

(45:50) The Economic Cycle Is Different Than The Liquidity Cycle

(50:51) Is Demand For Refinancing (and Liquidity) Lower Because U.S. Corporates & Households Have Such Long-Duration Liabilities?

(54:35) China and The People's Bank of China (PBOC)

(01:06:56) Howell's View On Interest Rates

(01:09:08) Non-Central Bank Sources of Liquidity

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