by Ken Chase | Apr 14, 2023 | News
The latest inflation report from the Labor Department estimated that the rate of consumer price increases slowed in March. The data released on Wednesday confirms that the Consumer Price Index increased by 5% in March, on a year-on-year basis. The February...
by Ken Chase | Apr 13, 2023 | Banks, News
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas recently told CNBC that the global economy continues to face severe challenges to growth. Despite an array of downside risks, however, he urged policy makers to continue to use the tools they...
by Ken Chase | Apr 8, 2023 | News
The U.S. labor market continued to show its resilience in March, as employers added an estimated 236,000 jobs to the economy. That job growth was enough to reduce the unemployment rate to 3.5%, according to the Labor Department’s newest employment report released on...
by Ken Chase | Apr 5, 2023 | Banks, News
In his annual letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders, longtime CEO Jamie Dimon argued that the current financial crisis in the banking sector is “not over yet.” Though he acknowledged that the recent shocks to the industry are in no way similar to those seen during the...
by Ken Chase | Apr 3, 2023 | Banks, News
Switzerland’s office of the attorney general has announced that it is opening an investigation to determine if any criminal laws were violated during the recent Credit Suisse acquisition by UBS. The investigation will reportedly examine the actions of regulators,...
