AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoFed Watch: St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem warned it’s risky to assume AI will tame inflation, urging a vigilant approach to restoring price stability. Market Pulse: Wall Street stayed choppy as U.S.-Iran tensions flared, oil jumped, and investors digested a revised-down first-quarter GDP growth estimate to 1.6% while inflation data kept rate worries alive. Shadow Banking Shift: New FDIC and deregulation reporting points to a surge in lending to hedge funds, private credit, and other shadow banking—now $1.47T—while small businesses and farmers still struggle for credit. Cyber Insurance: Beinsure says U.S. cyber premiums are rising mainly from more policies, but loss ratios and ransomware/AI-driven attacks are pressuring underwriting margins. Digital Money & Banking: SoFiUSD became the first stablecoin issued by a U.S. national bank to launch on a banking platform, while Mastercard won a New York BitLicense. Crypto & Policy: Bitcoin slipped out of the top 10 by market value amid broader selloff, and the Trump Accounts app rollout began ahead of the July 4 launch. Healthcare Costs: A Verasight poll finds Americans remain highly worried about cancer care affordability even as interest grows in AI tools and GLP-1 weight-loss meds.
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