It looks like there are some pretty important moves being made in the US banking system. Check out the latest reports about this below.
US banking system news is out
The latest figures on deposits in the US indicate that individuals are progressively raising the quantity of money they are keeping in the conventional banking system.
Last week, depositors contributed a sum of $86.58 billion, as per the data from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) system.
There has been a notable change from the previous week, as depositors withdrew approximately $30 billion from their bank accounts.
US banks now have a total of $17.23 trillion in deposits, down from $18.10 trillion one year ago.
According to a recent report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), individuals in the United States withdrew a total of $472 billion during the first quarter of 2023.
A significant portion of the funds was sourced from customers who opted for uninsured deposits, likely due to their preference for reducing risks associated with holding over $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, across various account ownership categories.
Investors are turning to money market funds as a safe haven for their cash, leading to an increase in inflows and outflows from the banking system.
There are a lot of issues in the financial sector going on in the US at the moment, especially since the threat of the dominance of the US dollar.
US dollar becomes weaker by the day
According to a leading strategist at the biggest asset management firm globally, the US dollar has lost its status as an unbeatable world reserve currency.
According to the latest reports, in a new interview with Semafor Business, BlackRock’s Rick Rieder, who manages over $2.4 trillion in the giant’s Global Fixed Income arm, made sure to state the fact that other currencies, including crypto assets, are “chipping away” at the dollar’s supremacy.
“But we keep chipping away at the impenetrable armor of the dollar. Yuan is being used more, euros, there is a part of the market that looks at crypto as an alternative. I’ve been watching gold have a good run [up 8% this year].”
