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Quartz
April 25, 2018
As a legislator, Mick Mulvaney called the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) a “sick, sad, joke.” Now that he's the head of the CFPB, he's been undercutting the agency—while US consumers face a barrage of financial frauds, debt collection frauds, and unscrupulous lending practices. The CFPBÃâà...
CNBC
April 25, 2018
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has broken through the "psychologically important" level of 3 percent, leaving analysts contemplating what it could mean the future of asset markets and, ... Central banks tapped into bond markets in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008 to boost their economies.
U.S. News & World Report
April 24, 2018
Suss out the good advice. Experts note that there are valuable takeaways from these stories of extreme debt payoff, savings and other financial strategies. They tend to preach budgeting, show anti-consumer lifestyles and teach readers to understand the basics of personal finance. Take away those helpfulÃâà...
CNBC
April 24, 2018
The nation's hospitals last year found themselves more cash-strapped than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis and the outlook is not expected to get any better over the next ... The aging American population and growing debt problems are also cited by Moody's as factors pressuring hospital systems.
The Independent
April 23, 2018
Professor Diamond refused to be drawn on when, or where in the financial system, the next crisis could break out, saying “if you think crises are about fear ... Outstanding leveraged loans in the US – which provide high interest finance for companies with weak credit ratings and in which many retail investorsÃâà...
The Guardian
April 18, 2018
The global economy is more deeply indebted than before the financial crisis and countries need to take immediate action to improve their finances before the ... The Washington-based institution used its half-yearly fiscal monitor to single out the US for particular criticism, saying that Donald Trump's fiscalÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 27, 2018
Most of the banks providing the bankruptcy funding were lenders to Remington before its current financial problems, according to court records. Without the funds, Remington may have been forced to go out of business and the banks could have seen their investment crash in value. The company and itsÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 27, 2018
The United States plans to sell about $294 billion of debt, according to the Treasury Department. That's the highest for a week ... At the same time, the Federal Reserve has stopped buying US debt as it unwinds a financial crisis-era program that was aimed at keeping borrowing costs low. And investors areÃâà...
Business Insider
March 26, 2018
US stocks this year are at risk of ending their outperformance trend over global stocks, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The S&P 500, a benchmark of US stocks, has outperformed the MSCI All-Country World Index through most of the post-financial-crisis era. The index, however, "still shows signs of a 2-year+ topÃâà...
CNBC
March 16, 2018
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed new rules to soften regulation introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. ... on regulation are a "bad thing," Larry Thompson, the vice chairman of DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation), an American post-trade financial services company, told CNBC.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
The Fed said it would raise its benchmark interest rate to a range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, marking the sixth time since the financial crisis that it has ... Officials also increased their expectations for economic growth this year in the United States, declaring that “the economic outlook has strengthened inÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
December 31, 1999
The ultimate indicator of personal economic confidence is the determination to perpetuate the species and have children. The chart below shows annual US births from 1910 through 2017, and it is estimated there were 3.84 million births in 2017, nearly a hundred thousand fewer than in 2016. The 2017Ãâà...
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