Interest Rate Update

Fresh Economic Data This past week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released October’s Personal Income and Outlays Report. Personal income …

Growing Pains: The Emergence of Super-Regional Banks

In a speech given in April 2022, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu recalled the ‘chaos’ driven by a …

Strategic Management of Your Cash Portfolio

After multiple interest rate increases since March 2022, institutional cash investors are welcoming higher returns but wary of the possibility …

ESG: Auto Manufacturers Focus on Carbon Transition

Over the past several years, auto manufacturers have been increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions via improving vehicle fuel efficiency …

Here We Go Again – Fourth Consecutive 75bp Rate Hike by the Federal Reserve

In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve raised the overnight lending rate today by 75 basis points for the …

Interest Rate Update

CPI Surprised to the Upside… Again The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in September, double the expected increase, despite a …