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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The ice storm that hit our region (Philadelphia Region) with damage and over 700,0000 power outages was perhaps the worst storm. nationally. Spring-At Last We are all thankful to leave the brutal winter of 2014 behind, especially the polar vortex! The constant barrage of snowstorms was mind numbing.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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Brown gives his employees $100 to go open accounts across the Philadelphia area and then shares the results: good, bad and humorous. If you think of teams that take early system adoption risk, manage it well and get an edge on the competition as a result, you probably don’t think first of a $1 billion credit union in Kalamazoo.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

National housing indices continue to rise by +6% on a year-over-year basis and are projected to rise at least +5% during 2018, provided that long term mortgage rates do not spike and cut off demand. The Philadelphia Fed’s Business Outlook survey confirms this, with most of the survey results positive. Gas prices remain below $3.00

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Guest Post: Financial Markets & Economics Update by banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Moody’s estimates that there is $70 billion in back rent across the nation. By the way, our economy has done better than all other nations; for example, Europe is 4.3% The national unemployment rate peaked at 14.7% The housing market is robust across the nation. Think for a minute about how huge that number is.