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In his recent memoir, Keeping At It , Paul Volcker gave me greater perspective on the trials and tribulations of leading the US Federal Reserve and pursuing public policy. That's hardly a surprise. Few public servants over the last several generations can rival Volcker's breadth of experience...

“ Warren Buffett Doubles Down on Big Banks ….” So reads the headlines of the article written by Katherine Chiglinsky and Ben Foldy in Bloomberg LP today. Buffett, as is well known, likes to buy when companies are out-of-favor. In the last part of 2018, this certainly was...

Analysts say today's merger deal between BB&T (NYSE: BBT ) and SunTrust (NYSE: STI ) could serve as a " catalyst for consolidation " as other large regional banks feel the pressure to take on the industry's largest players. More news on: BB&T Corporation, SunTrust Banks, Inc...

U.S. consumer credit rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.0% in December, bringing the Q4 growth rate to 6.6%, according to the Federal Reserve. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ...

The latest data point that confirms the deceleration in global and domestic economic activity comes in the form of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey by the Federal Reserve. In this report, responses from 73 domestic banks and 22 U.S. branches of foreign banks were collected from December...

U.S. banks tightened lending standards for commercial real estate loans, while standards and most terms on commercial and industrial loans remained basically unchanged, according to the Federal Reserve's January 2019 senior loan opinion survey on bank lending practices. More news on: Fin...