2010 Management Risk Management Taxes 
Jeff For Banks
JANUARY 19, 2011
Rates Give Us a Wild Ride Bond market behavior in the fourth quarter of 2010 was one for the record books. Congress entered the mix and extended the Bush tax cuts for two years and unexpectedly added new tax cuts for consumers and businesses. Combined these tax breaks can provide up to 0.5% So what happened? in December.
Jeff For Banks
APRIL 2, 2011
Oil prices keep rising and we’ve seen a 15% increase in gas prices since year end 2010. So far, about half of the positive economic impact of the surprise 2% reduction in social security taxes and small business tax cuts are gone because of higher gas prices. It may not take long before the remainder is gone, too. Stay tuned!
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Jeff For Banks
JUNE 2, 2023
To you, manage your interest rate risk. Before becoming desperate and trading interest rate risk for credit risk. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry.
Jeff For Banks
AUGUST 12, 2010
Government and regulators are contributing to the pessimism with financial reform legislation that does not even address some of the causes of the crisis, new FASB proposals to impose harmful mark-to-market accounting on bank loans, and the looming expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2011. to 3% in 2010 and about the same in 2011.
Jeff For Banks
JULY 21, 2011
Housing, so very important to consumer confidence, resumed its downward trend after seeming to have stabilized in late 2010. No extended tax cuts and business credits are in our future. in May, will be the only tax cut we will get. The unemployment rate ticked back up above 9%. The Federal Reserve’s stimulus is ending too.
Jeff For Banks
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Rates have fallen to incredible lows; Pimco, a large money manager, has referred to them as “Eisenhower” lows because they were prevalent in the 1950s. So far in 2010, private employers have added 723,000 jobs, well below the pace of prior recoveries. What are the Markets Thinking? Real final sales are growing ever so slowly at 1.0%
Jeff For Banks
OCTOBER 19, 2012
The latest available numbers that I saw were from 2010 and they showed 10% of the people were unhappy and almost 41% were indeed happy. Much uncertainty still exists as to whether Congress will extend the tax cuts that are set to expire on January 1, 2013. In all, there are 33 factors that go into the Index creation. So stay tuned!
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