Interest Rates

China Tops Treasurers’ List Of Worries
China Tops Treasurers’ List Of Worries
September 30, 2016  |  B2B Payments

A new survey by JPMorgan finds corporate treasurers consider China’s recent currency exchange rate reforms to have had the most impact on their businesses. Reports...

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Consumer Confidence Up — What About Spending?
Consumer Confidence Up — What About Spending?
September 27, 2016  |  Consumer Insights

The economist in all of us can appreciate consumer confidence. If consumers are more confident, especially after the last recession, would they be more willing...

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Central Bank Conundrums Bode Ill For (Most) Stocks
Central Bank Conundrums Bode Ill For (Most) Stocks
September 14, 2016  |  Banking

Live by the central banks, die by the central banks. The age of easy money and low interest rates — and, in some cases, negative...

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The Political Factor Weighing On SMEs’ Minds (It’s Not Brexit)
The Political Factor Weighing On SMEs’ Minds (It’s Not Brexit)
September 14, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Analysts quarreled over how the U.K. referendum would impact the markets, but immediately after the nation voted to leave the European Union, it was too...

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Bankers Tell Fed: Raise The Rate
Bankers Tell Fed: Raise The Rate
September 13, 2016  |  Banking

When the Federal Reserve ticked the interest rate up to 0.25 for the first time in a decade last December, it was something of big...

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Irish Alt-Lender Has Interest Rate Change Of Heart
Irish Alt-Lender Has Interest Rate Change Of Heart
September 05, 2016  |  B2B Payments

An Irish marketplace lender has decided to change its business model in favor of fixed interest rates. Reports on Friday (Sept. 2) revealed Linked Finance...

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Brexit As A Bank Boon
Brexit As A Bank Boon
August 09, 2016  |  International

The Brexit vote may be well in the rearview mirror, but the effects linger, in the form of interest rates, political reverberations and, last but...

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Beyond US Economy, Brexit And Cyberthreats On Top Of Fed’s Mind
Beyond US Economy, Brexit And Cyberthreats On Top Of Fed’s Mind
June 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Brexit. Recession. Cyberthreats. It’s a thankless job, one assumes, being a central banker. In testimony before Congress on Tuesday (June 21), Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that...

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Slowing Consumer Credit – A Shape of Things to Come?
Slowing Consumer Credit – A Shape of Things to Come?
June 08, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Amid the lingering questions about when and whether the Fed will raise rates, another data point, or slew of them, came through recently which may...

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