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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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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market. If this were 2006, things would be good. Sure, your home value declined, but what does that mean to someone with little to no mortgage and isn't in the market to sell? Taxes go down? I made a funny.

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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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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. More so than the average SMB, independent pharmacies are particularly affected by the state of the healthcare market and its regulatory shifts. small business owners.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. They need a marketing person to title their reports. It shows the pre-tax profit as a percent of the loan portfolios measured. What is the trend in your market?

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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: First Quarter Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

A New Year of Volatility 2015 ushered in a whole new season of volatility in the bond and stock markets. It has been nine years since the Fed last tightened policy in June, 2006; maybe they are getting anxious. Stock market volatility began after the plunge in oil prices, as fear of the effects on energy companies emerged.