Inflation and unemployment reports are solid. Recent reports have brought encouraging news on two critical fronts of the economy, including inflation and unemployment. Both indicators have shown improvement. On Oct 4, the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down from 4.2%...
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The DOJ’s Visa Lawsuit and What It Could Mean for Borrowers
The Department of Justice sued Visa Inc. on Tuesday, September 24, sending the company's stock downward by 5.5%. Today, a company in Florida followed up with a visa class action lawsuit, which alleges that visa has monopolized the market, in what could be the start of...
Powell Shares Tentative Plans for Expected Fed Rate Cuts
Two weeks ago, Central Bank Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced the Fed was cutting interest rates for the first time since the pandemic when the Federal Open Market Committee approved a reduction to the overnight borrowing rate of 50 basis points, or one-half of one...
Hurricane Helene and Homeowners Insurance
As Hurricane Helene bears down on the Gulf Coast this week and into the weekend, and the hurricane season appears poised to ramp up, the perennial questions regarding home insurance and climate change pop back into mind. The Congressional Budget Office released a...
Fed Drops Interest Rates, Here’s What You Need To Know
The Federal Reserve announced it will lower the federal funds rate, the first rate drop since the onset of the pandemic. This follows the Fed holding interest rates at their highest level in over two decades to slow down inflation. The Fed rate cut news is a moment of...