Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said U.S. interest rates have to rise further to ensure that inflationary pressures recede. “We’re almost into a zone that we could call restrictive — we’re not quite there yet,” Bullard said Wednesday in an online Wall Street Journal interview. Officials want to ensure inflation will
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In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive James Gorman speaks during the Institute of International Finance Annual Meeting in Washington, October 10, 2014. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said he’s more confident on the markets than the rest of Wall Street, seeing
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The Bund in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 17, 2022. China’s gross domestic product grew 3% in 2022, less than half of 2021’s rate. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s economy looks poised for a rebound in 2023, but a lot depends on one variable — the consumer, said investment management firm KraneShares. “As external
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Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. will take retail orders Wednesday on a long-planned issue that prioritizes local buyers on the city’s first bonds to carry a social bond designation and gives special consideration for environmental, social, and governance investors. The STSC offers $305.3 million of tax-exempt paper in three series — including $98 million of
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2022 was either a year to forget or a year to remember for a very long time, depending on your perspective. On one side, investors would want to erase from their memory last year’s historically poor market performance, the weakest in decades. Institutional investors would bemoan the massive fund outflows all year long. On the
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Nonfungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are redefining how charities raise donations and distribute funds to those most in need.  Through ever-evolving crypto and blockchain-related technology, crypto philanthropists told Cointelegraph that they’ve witnessed “new wealth distribution mechanisms” never seen before.  “Philanthropy has traditionally been seen as a high-cost-of-entry, individualistic activity, but with
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The house style trend that’s been dominating the past few years is called “Modern Farmhouse.” In truth, farmhouses have never been known for their modernity. Farmhouses are loved for their association with simplicity, function, nostalgia and an abundance of sunlight and fresh air. A farmhouse is actually a budget-friendly home, embracing salvage and hand-me-downs. Yet
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Muni leaders are airing disagreements and concerns about the Financial Data Transparency Act and other recent developments, highlighting some long-simmering tensions over how issuers disclose information to the market. The multi-pronged discussion on FDTA and other hot topics occurred Thursday at the Richard Ravitch Public Finance Initiative Launch Symposium sponsored by the Volcker Alliance and
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