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The Office of Financial Research,
which is funded by fees from large financial institutions,
is responsible for monitoring and collecting data to identify risks across the financial system,
including from less regulated corners of the market.
Its duties inform the work of the Financial Stability Oversight Council,
an interagency panel of regulators created by the Dodd-Frank Act after the 2008 financial crisis
and chaired by the Treasury secretary.
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"In the past, whenever there was a financial crisis or a major political conflict, investors would pile into dollar assets, driving the dollar up – as happened during the 2008 financial crisis. That hasn’t happened under Trump; the dollar index has fallen 10% against other currencies in 2025. ...
"The dollar, as the world’s major currency for central bank reserves and in transactions in international trade and finance, has been in gradual decline for decades."

The debasement trade and the future of the dollar
The gold price against the US dollar is back above $5000 per oz after its recent short sharp contraction last week.  The unprecedented rise in the gold price, particularly since the beginning of th…

Microsoft stock plunged 23% in Q1, a steeper drop than any of its tech peers or the Nasdaq, and its steepest quarterly drop since the 2008 financial crisis (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/microsofts-stock-closes-worst…

Microsoft closes worst quarter on Wall Street since 2008 on AI concerns: 'Redmond is in a pickle'
With Microsoft losing almost a quarter of its value this year, investors have reset the company's earnings multiple to the lowest since late 2022.

Are we ready for the dot com bust of 2000 and the sub-prime crisis of 2008 together? 🤔
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