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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update - First Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

Our lives changed forever from this whole experience of the government’s declaration of a national emergency, leading to forced shutdowns of businesses and schools, mandated mask wearing, forcing 6-foot distances between people, travel restrictions, fear mongering with case and death counts, and forced vaccines/boosters. Real GDP was +3.2%

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

After easing and keeping rates low for three years, the Fed began tightening from June, 2004 to June, 2006. This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. In 2Q18, Bucks County median prices rose year-over-year by 3.9%, compared to the national Case Shiller index at over 6.0%.

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Let’s take a look at the difference between PPF and NPS

BankBazaar

We’re here to tell you the difference between the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and the Public Provident Fund (PPF). When launched in January 2004, it was exclusively meant for government employees. It is a risk-free scheme as the returns on invested sum are completely tax exempted. Are you new to investing? What is NPS?

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

more “promises,” and a constant flow of new money into the markets. The biggest beneficiary of all this Fed activity has been the stock market—which ended the year at some pretty good “handles,” with the Dow above 13,000, S&P 500 above 1,400, and the Nasdaq above 3,000. Oh, wait, our Congress!

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

First of all, if they continue to buy securities, they are removing many of the high quality securities from the marketplace, possibly causing a disruption or shortage in the markets. We may be skeptical, but the markets keep telling us: Don’t fight the Fed! Maybe it is nationally, but Bucks County (PA) has yet to participate.

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

She will continue your zero rate policy and will “taper” your QE 3 program, because the markets have already dismissed its impact and tightened long term rates despite your wishes. Mortgage rates rose just as much and they may potentially damage the housing market recovery. and Janney Capital Markets at 2.1% once again.