Jamie Dimon warns of a commercial real estate downturn
Economists are concerned about the $20 trillion commercial real estate (CRE) industry and so is JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
2023-05-23 19:50
Debt ceiling woes could kill dealmaking on Wall Street
Mergers and acquisitions are Wall Street's bread and butter. When companies combine, or one company buys another, it creates opportunities for investors and banks to make money by providing advice or finance for the transaction.
2023-05-22 19:49
What caused regional banks to fail? Senators blame excessive CEO pay
US senators hammered former executives of recently collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank on Tuesday over their paychecks, sales of stock and bonus payouts as the financial institutions struggled to stay afloat.
2023-05-17 19:47
Wall Street's 'fear gauge' is rising as US debt talks drag on
The United States government is inching closer to its so-called debt ceiling X-date, when the Treasury could run out of cash and extraordinary measures to pay all government obligations, and both political parties remain at odds with no concrete solution to avoid a default.
2023-05-16 20:27
What happens if the debt ceiling and banking crisis collide?
President Joe Biden said over the weekend that debt ceiling negotiations were moving along and that talks between the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would resume on Tuesday.
2023-05-15 19:54
Why current US recession warnings are unlike all the others
Economic experts are once again ringing the alarm bells over an imminent downturn. A US recession is coming, they say, in the second half of 2023. That time frame begins less than three weeks from now.
2023-05-12 19:45
Jerome Powell is losing America's confidence
Americans are losing faith in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. That's bad news.
2023-05-11 20:19
Wall Street is strangely calm about the debt ceiling. That could all change this month
Dire warnings about the economic chaos and catastrophe that will ensue if the US debt ceiling isn't lifted soon abound. Still, markets remain rather sanguine about the Washington drama.
2023-05-10 19:56
Why bank stocks are so unstable
The financial sector has been churning in rough water since the shocking collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March.
2023-05-09 19:18
The Fed could be on the verge of repeating its 1970s mistake, Fed historian says
When the US Federal Reserve embarked on an aggressive campaign to quash inflation last year, it did so with the goal of avoiding a painful repeat of the 1970s, when inflation spun out of control and economic malaise set in.
2023-05-08 21:36