How is open source shaping financial services?
LF Research, FINOS, GitHub, and Scott Logic want want your input!

Take the 2025 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey (~10 min)

https://www.research.net/r/RP3VQCV
#OpenSource #Fintech #OSS #Finance #DevOps #CyberRisk

“The dollar is losing its status as an all-purpose haven…

The EU now has a unique chance to capitalise on investor doubts and promote the euro as a reserve currency, a move that would yield significant economic benefits.

It is time to break the taboo around issuing common debt by the EU backed by member states…

To capitalise on this singular historical moment, Europe needs to act fast.“

- ING Chief Economist Marieke Blom

https://on.ft.com/3Z42DFp

**Martin Pelletier: The next phase of financial instability may be driven by weakness in sovereign debt markets**

“_Bond markets are applying increasing pressure on governments to confront their fiscal realities, but policymakers seem unwilling to rein in spending._”

https://financialpost.com/investing/investors-unaware-scale-bond-crisis.

#Debt #SovereignDebt #BondMarket #Finance #Economy #Economics @finance @economics

5月17日新聞報導了美國財政部數據顯示：
(1) 3月外國持有美國國債規模突破9萬億美元
(2) 英國超越中國成為第二大美債持有國，持有7793億美元，按月增持290億美元。
第二點看不出倒底這3月數據對英國持有美國國債影響有多大。多數人都只看到「第二大」的關鍵詞。其他的資訊恐怕是無法讓人知道這金額影響了什麼，連美國財政部都不知道這些資訊。

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From: blenderdumbass . org

Most Free / Libre Software projects are maintained either by strong communities, or through some kind of donation system. Libre Games struggle with both aspects. There are community driven games, but those lack vision and coherent style, because different people contribute differently, on...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/libre_games_and_making_money:_introducing_petitions

#Trump #BigBeautifulBill is cutting funds to programs that all working class and retired people benefit from, especially to #MedicAid. Also giving big #corporations additional #tax breaks, #deregulation of barriers that reduce #corruption in #finance, #crypto and #health. All while using #immigrants as #scapegoats.

This is what #capitalism always reverts to. A new #GuildedAge.

The #WorkingClass #Proletariat need #Solidarity, #Socialism, a real #democracy.

Are there any Greater Boston nerds who want to learn trading?

https://trading.camp/ runs 3-day hands-on trading bootcamps, but they're mostly based in NorCal. If we can get a dozen or so folks together, they'll run a local camp.

Not cheap ($1.9K per seat), but well-reviewed and seem to be teaching content that's not otherwise readily available.

#government #finance #spreadsheets #transparency #OpenSource

'Now, users will only have to download an Excel template, input their financial data and upload it to the online tool. The tool will convert the information using eXtensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, a royalty-free, open source international framework that communicates financial data on the internet.'

https://news.umich.edu/u-m-develops-free-tool-to-empower-municipalities-modernize-financial-reporting/

Getting out of "Dodge"...

"Record number of Americans apply to become British citizens"

#Taxes #IRS #News #Corruption #Deficit #Finance #Taxation #DOGE #ClimateChange #MAGA #GOP #UK #Emigration #USA

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/24/Record-Americans-apply-British-citizens/7261748110003/

"Here are all the reasons the economy is limping into Memorial Day weekend
A close look at regional economies indicates that industries, including tourism and shipping, are plagued by uncertainty"

#Budget #USA #News #News #Corruption #Deficit #Finance #Economy #ClimateChange #MAGA #GOP #Tourism #Uncertainty

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/here-are-all-the-reasons-the-economy-is-limping-into-memorial-day-weekend-f11a7bfc?mod=home_lead

That time when Marx speculated in the stock market with funds and stocks

https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Letter_from_Marx_to_Philips._June_25,_1864

Getting off of oil is not just about climate, it's a mathematical inevitability.

At the projected growth rate of 0.65% per year of oil production, we have 39 years until it's gone. Even if we somehow find TWICE the oil we have ever found, that would give us 69 years (within a child's lifetime)

We cannot grow our economy on oil, it's just not possible. Oil age is over.

Anything wrong with this picture???

"Trump’s budget would slash 830,000 jobs and raise energy costs by more than $16 billion

House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that guts the Inflation Reduction Act, meaning fewer jobs, less electricity generation, and higher emissions."

#Budget #USA #News #News #Corruption #Deficit #Finance #Taxation #ClimateChange #MAGA #GOP #Disaster #Energy #Collapse

https://www.fastcompany.com/91339724/trumps-budget-would-slash-830000-jobs-and-raise-energy-costs-by-more-than-16-billion