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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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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. From Q2 of 1993 through the end of 2007, household debt as a percentage of disposable personal income climbed by 26% to13.1%. Is consumerism in America cultural?

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. In my career, I’ve lived through many years of the Fed raising interest rates and it’s my experience that they usually tighten too much and keep rates high for too long, just like in 2001 and 2006-2007. The economy has grown 2.2%

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Housing markets have begun to improve with the national indices showing year-over-year growth of 3% to 4% recently. We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. The tax bracket changes become permanent and that will allow planning to resume. Oh, wait, our Congress!

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What Goes Up …

Independent Banker

Coping just fine, community banks in energy-producing regions manage the oil-price plunge. He says building owners must pay utility bills and property taxes even if a prime tenant has vacated, giving underlying stability to the oil industry and their supporting loans. By Howard Schneider. The local population of Williston, N.D.,

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

He said we should use a measure of happiness like that used by the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan, which utilizes a Gross National Happiness index rather than a Gross National Product index for its 700,000 people. Maybe it is nationally, but Bucks County (PA) has yet to participate. We should all be so lucky.

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Reverse Trend

Independent Banker

A recent national survey from The Demand Institute reveals that 63 percent of baby boomers plan on “aging in place” in their current home. While niche nonbank players are providing these loans, this lending opportunity is wide open for traditional community banks, the community bankers say. About the market.

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