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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

They have seemed fairly nervous about their large balance sheet, so in September, 2017, they announced that they would allow bonds to mature or pay off in October- by $4 billion in Agency mortgage backed securities and $6 billion in Treasuries, for a total of $10 billion. Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

So in effect, they have changed to a performance based measurement system that may not manipulate the yield curve as violently; this is clearly an improvement over the “pick-a-date” strategy. All workers will be impacted by the expiration of the payroll tax “holiday,” which means the Social Security tax goes from the temporary level of 4.2%

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Dodd/Frank-CFPB: Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule

Abrigo

securities credit. credit secured by certain investment properties. The CFPB said covered institutions could rely on borrowers to supply some information, such as the census tract of the business’s location, 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, and worker counts. public utilities credit.

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AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk — More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession

CB Insights

But the expectations for what an AI system is capable of achieving have changed over the years. Walmart has patents for autonomous robots that attach themselves to shopping carts in order to move them around stores, along with drone delivery systems. (A The rise of automation (thanks to open source and corporate interest).