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Americans Have Started to Believe Inflation Is Cooling
[ad_1] Jan. 11, 2024 10:56 am ET It matters that inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. It also matters that people’s inflation expectations are moving lower.…
Just 10% of Finland’s Biggest Companies Plan to Invest in Growth
[ad_1] Finland’s largest companies, with combined revenue of about €244 billion ($267 billion), are largely retrenching in response to higher borrowing costs intended to tackle inflation. Just one in every…
The Fed Launched a Bank Rescue Program Last Year. Now, Banks Are Gaming It.
[ad_1] An emergency lending program the Federal Reserve created during the 2023 banking crisis has turned into easy money. Borrowing from the Fed’s bank term funding program has increased to…
Berlusconi’s Heir Attacks Italy’s Meloni Windfall Tax on Banks
[ad_1] Marina Berlusconi, the eldest daughter of Silvio Berlusconi, slammed Giorgia Meloni’s plan to tax banks profits as “demagoguery”, the first public criticism of the usually private businesswoman against Italy’s…
Analysis: ECB Is Likely To Cut Rates Before Fed, BNP Paribas AM Says
[ad_1] The European Central Bank is likely to cut interest rates in the spring, before the Federal Reserve does, as the eurozone economy is weaker than that of the U.S.,…
Mortgage rate decline pulls buyers back into the housing market
[ad_1] A sharp drop in mortgage interest rates in December may have kickstarted this year’s spring housing market early. Rates are about a full percentage point lower than they were…
Jobs Market Doesn’t Give Up: The London Rush
[ad_1] UK Employers Boosted Pay More Quickly in December, REC Says Bloomberg [ad_2] Source link
Wall Street Doubles Down on Bonds
[ad_1] There are no sure things in markets, but many investors believe high-quality U.S. bonds are currently pretty close. Consensus on Wall Street is that interest rates have peaked for…
Bankruptcy filings in Buffalo rise 2.7%
[ad_1] Bankruptcy filings in Buffalo increased 2.7% in 2023 from a year earlier, ending a streak of three consecutive years of decreases. There were 1,284 filings last year, compared to…