Bank-to-Nonbank Lending Breaches $1TN
Over one trillion dollars. That’s what the Federal Reserve’s weekly H.8 report started showing for the week ending January 24, 2024. The report tracks the
February 18, 2024
The Consumer, Insurance & Private Credit: A Tangled Web of Risk
No predictions this year. But if you weren’t planning on paying attention to the insurance sector in 2024, you might want to. In a year
December 31, 2023
On the Fed’s Proposal to Cap Debit Card Fees, Powell Said…
…not much, if you only read the transcript. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell discussed why the central bank held interest rates steady at a 22-year
November 5, 2023
Peeling Back the U.S. Consumer Onion – An Economic Mystery
The economic impact of the Fed’s quantitative tightening was on full display this week as three of the world’s largest commercial banks, and one of
October 16, 2022
A ‘Go-Go’ Goldman Investment Banking Year
Just a jaw-dropping Q4 2021 earnings report from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) this past Tuesday. I sense for many of us, 2021 felt like a
January 22, 2022
Inflation Soars as Confidence Lulls (and Mr. Market Can’t be Bothered)
The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics published its monthly Consumer Price Index earlier this week, revealing that October was not the inflationary reprieve that many
November 12, 2021