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...Marina became the first person from her community ever elected to the federal senate and built support for sustainable development in the Amazon region....
...Its $440bn credit arm makes more business loans than some midsize banks, making it not so much an investment outfit as an alternative financial system....
...In the US, more than two-thirds of people granted new mortgages have a high credit score, more than double the proportion before the financial crisis, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York show....
...Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey are among the top drawer list of speakers....
...series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
...She also compared the Fed’s role in setting monetary policy with the former Soviet Union’s economic planning....
...The quickest path to make sure that banks keep credit lines open, runs through the Federal Reserve....
...This month the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index and the Dow Jones Bank Index of US lenders have each lost more than 40 per cent, while the cost of insuring bank debt through credit default swaps has soared....
...The Federal Reserve extended a new $600bn lending plan for main street businesses to larger and riskier borrowers....
...Relative forward P/E of software v semis, commercial & professional services v capital goods and C&P v transportation Bank of England stuck on hold — On Thursday there was consensus among UK policymakers...
...(FT) Fed chides Credit Suisse The Federal Reserve has demanded Credit Suisse fix “weaknesses” in its capital plans before it will allow the bank’s US arm to increase payments to its Swiss parent, following...
...Tomorrow markets will be scrutinising the Federal Reserve meeting minutes for January. Investors anticipate discussion about when the balance sheet contraction halts....
...Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged “vigorous” antitrust enforcement, including hearings later this year on competition and consumer protection....
...Liikanen remains a probable alternative and would also be a good leader for the ECB for many of the same reasons as V. de Galhau....
...A halt to new credit is bad but the flight of pre-existing debt is worse. It also helps isolate public finances from private instability....
...More than half of the Federal Reserve’s $4.47tn balance sheet consists of US Treasuries, with mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by government agencies such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac making up a further...
...The Federal Reserve has embarked on a path to rate normalisation but is the only one doing so, and even then with due caution....
...Mr Hoffman was a natural candidate for the task given his record as a former federal prosecutor....
...Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a tougher case for the government....
...Most troublesome was Perry’s emphasis on the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in inflating the bubble of the 2000s....
...A recent survey by the National Association of Federal Credit Unions on how its members will react to new qualified mortgage rules that raise lending standards showed 44 per cent would reduce overall loan...
...The bank cut its quarterly earnings per share from 7 cents to 2 cents after it announced on Tuesday it has struck a deal with the Federal Housing Finance Agency....
...But BofA, which took a $6bn legal hit to earnings on Wednesday, has already settled with some parties included in JPMorgan’s deal, such as the FHFA and the National Credit Union Administration....
...European Union politicians have punted the whole issue on to the next parliament....
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