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Is the Fed Sending Mixed Interest Rate Signals to Markets?
Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to maintain its current interest rate posture. Fed Chair Jerome Powell told the...
Fed Chair Suggests It’s Too Early to Consider Interest Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell seems to have dismissed any consideration of interest rate cuts any time soon....
BIS Warns Investors that High Interest Rates May Persist
The Bank for International Settlements has just warned global investors about the possibility of continued high...
Swiss National Bank Endorses Credit Suisse Plan to Raise $4B from Investors
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In an online interview Friday, Swiss National Bank Vice Chairman...
Third Quarter GDP Better than Expected, But Underlying Numbers Signal Trouble Ahead
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes On Thursday, that Biden administration announced that U.S. gross...
J.D. Power Survey Suggests Banks Need to Do More to Help Small Business Owners
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes America’s small businesses are struggling to meet the challenges of a...
JPMorgan Chase Secure Banking to Offer Customers Early Access to Direct Deposit Payments
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes JPMorgan Chase customers with the bank’s Secure Banking no-overdraft...
Welcome to the Party, Bloomberg Economics? 100% Chance of Recession in Next 12 Months?
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By: Ken Chase. The most recent forecast from Bloomberg Economics shows that the U.S...
As Housing Market Stalls, Bank Home Lending Revenue Declines
By: Ken Chase. Third-quarter earnings from the major U.S. banks revealed a significant decline in mortgage lending in...
Credit Suisse Woes Continue: Why it Matters
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes For Credit Suisse, this week continued to bring bad news, as the...
For Credit Suisse, Many Months of Chaos and Uncertainty Leave it in Market Spotlight
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Swiss financial giant Credit Suisse has been in the media and...
BoA to Dramatically Increase Its Investment in Minority- Deposit Institutions
By: Ken Chase. Bank of America has confirmed that it plans to add an additional $100 million in deposits to banks...
OCC Ends 2020 Capital One Consent Order
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced...
SEC Fines Morgan Stanley $35 Million for Data Security Failures
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed this week that...
Six Major Banks to Participate in Fed’s Climate Scenario Analysis Exercise
By: Ken Chase. The Federal Reserve confirmed Thursday that it has recruited six of the largest U.S. banks as...
Recession Evidence? Revised Gross Domestic Income Figures Paint Even Gloomier Picture of U.S. Economy
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes When U.S. officials confirmed that the economy had contracted in the...
OCC Ends 2020 Capital One Consent Order
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced...
Two Major U.S. Banks End Employee Vaccine Requirements
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Two of the largest U.S. banks have formally ended their Covid-19...
OCC to Cut Bank Assessment Fees by 40% in 2023
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently confirmed that...
Citi and Wells Fargo Announce Cuts in Mortgage Lending Staff
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By: Ken Chase. In the last several weeks, Wells Fargo has confirmed that 75 workers...