Americans will ring in the new year feeling optimistic about the economy, their personal financial situation and the future of the economy, according to the second installment of the Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) “How America Buys and Borrows” survey. More than three-quarters of Americans (78 percent) expect the economy to stay the same […]
The Bank of England today announced the results of the first concurrent stress testing exercise of the UK banking system. Alongside the stress test publication, the Bank of England also published its Financial Stability Report, which sets out the Financial Policy Committee’s (FPC) assessment of the outlook for the stability and resilience of the financial […]
SEATTLE, In its ongoing quest to empower self-directed investors, Capital One ShareBuilder has introduced a selection of new tools designed to help investors research securities and better understand their investments. “As we approach the New Year, now is a great time for investors to review their portfolio holdings and performance, and determine if their current […]
As the nation’s largest private student lender among U.S. banks, Wells Fargo today announced its new private student loan modification program (PSLM) to assist customers experiencing financial hardship or distress. Through the program, Wells Fargo private student loan customers experiencing a hardship will have their financial situation reviewed on an individual case-by-case basis to determine […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) announced today that it has completed a new credit risk sharing transaction that further diversifies its counterparty exposure and reduces taxpayer risk by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market. The credit insurance risk transfer (CIRT™) deal shifts credit risk on a pool of loans to […]
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research today released its outlook for the markets in 2015, forecasting that the bull market in global equities will continue next year but returns will slow to single-digit rates. Strong fundamentals and healthy growth in the U.S. economy support a case for investor optimism and opportunism; however, in the lower-return, higher-volatility […]
Singapore, — Moody’s Investors Service says that the credit quality of Moody’s-rated sovereigns, financial institutions and corporates across Asia Pacific will be stable in 2015, owing to a modest recovery in external demand — especially from the US — supportive global monetary conditions, and the region’s fundamental strengths and defenses against external shocks. “Governments, financial […]
The world’s poorest countries are trapped in an economic vicious circle, which pins them in poverty and must be reversed if new development goals are to be met, according to a newly released report from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Least Developed Countries Report 2014 argues that those nations, known as […]
The 2015 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) published by the European Commission today focuses on putting Europe firmly back on a path of sustainable job creation and economic growth. The arrival of the new Commission, with an ambitious agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change, is the right moment to generate a new momentum. By […]
Real gross domestic product — the value of the production of goods and services in the United States, adjusted for price changes — increased at an annual rate of 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2014, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP […]
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