Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said the case for pausing interest rate increases at the central bank’s June meeting isn’t yet clear, while her colleague Gov, Philip Jefferson sounded ready to be patient. “After raising the target range for the federal funds rate at each of the last 10 FOMC meetings, we
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A trio of speakers in attendance at Industry Day, May 18, during the Bitcoin 2023 event in Miami held a discussion on government regulation and how the cryptocurrency industry should fight back against the “anti-crypto army.” Moderated by David Zell, cofounder of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, the panel featured Perianne Boring, Founder and CEO at
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Bitcoin has been trying to break above the $27,500 resistance for the past week but to no avail. One of the reasons limiting Bitcoin’s (BTC) upside is the risk of an eventual United States default as the government struggles to get the debt limit increase approved in Congress. Still, some analysts and investors argue that the U.S.
As a gusher of federal funding rains down on local governments, challenges and solutions are emerging from the front lines. According to Tampa, Florida Mayor Jane Castor, speaking during a Brookings Institution panel discussion on Thursday in Washington, the city has 31 miles of drinking water pipeline under construction. It also has 34 miles in design
Carl Icahn has admitted he was wrong to make a huge bet that the market would crash after the ill-fated trade cost his firm nearly $9bn over roughly six years. According to a Financial Times analysis, the prominent activist investor lost about $1.8bn in 2017 on hedging positions that would have paid out if asset
How can an investor protect themselves against a US government default? Once, that was a crazy question to ask. But today the bizarre has become almost normal in American politics. And while US president Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have both indicated they want to cut a deal to raise America’s $31tn debt
The financial sector witnessed a rapid transformation over the past decade, with technology reshaping the processes of lending, wealth management and payments. The transformation also brought opportunities to invest. TipRanks recognizes Wall Street’s 10 best financial sector analysts for capturing the best investment opportunities. These analysts outperformed in their stock picking and earned significant returns
With a $2.5 billion bet on the line, Nuveen is touting its upbeat outlook on a Florida-based Brightline passenger train that other investors view skeptically. Nuveen has “been involved with this credit since 2015,” said Ryan Rosberg, managing director and senior research analyst at Nuveen, and “we think it’s going to be a complete success.”
California school districts are delaying projects or speeding them up to get ahead of accelerating prices as they contend with supply challenges and rising construction costs. “By and large, inflationary pressures on construction costs is where they are getting hit the worst,” said Blake Boehm, a managing director with KNN Public Finance, a municipal advisory
In this article BABA NVDA TTWO CINF PACW FDX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Walmart in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Walmart Inc.’s profit forecast for this year fell short of analyst estimates, signaling more struggles for the worlds largest retailer after it was hammered by a surge in inventory.
The Chicago Transit Authority’s CFO said he’s encouraged by “positive momentum” from talks with Illinois lawmakers to boost state funding for the agency’s operating budget ahead of a looming fiscal cliff. “All the conversations we’ve had to date with state legislators have been very positive,” said CTA CFO Jeremy Fine, speaking Tuesday at an “Innovations in
Issuers, if they’re not already doing so, will soon have to pay much more to supply water to their constituents, turning to ever more inventive ways of procuring and treating water as fresh water supplies run down. That was the focus of one of the panels at the National Federation of Municipal Analysts’ 2023 Annual
Bitcoin (BTC) has crossed a significant threshold this month — and while it does not involve price, it does involve “millions.” Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that as of May 18, there are over one million addresses which hold at least 1 BTC. Back: Adoption trend lays path to “hyperbitcoinization” It was a
Natural disasters like hurricanes and snowstorms tend to temporarily halt housing market activity in affected areas. If the U.S. hits the debt ceiling, expect a similar effect on homebuying and selling activity, particularly in areas with a large number of people who are paid by the government. If the United States breaches the debt ceiling,
South Africa’s foreign policy has become a study in inconsistency. One moment it is about to depart the International Criminal Court. The next moment it isn’t. Here it is condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There it is accusing the US of having provoked it. Sometimes South Africa is a democracy with a progressive constitution and
Calpers, the biggest US public pension plan, is considering bigger bets on private equity despite despite growing fears that higher interest rates will curb the industry’s returns. Chief executive Marcie Frost said that the $442bn-in-assets retirement fund, one of the world’s biggest investors in private equity, will start an extensive review of its holdings in
In this article ABNB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT One of Airbnb’s most wish-listed properties in 2023 is on the market. The Joshua Tree, California-home is for sale at an asking price of $18 million, making it the most expensive home to ever hit the market in the town located about two hours southeast
Prospective buyers attend an open house at a home for sale in Larchmont, New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes fell 3.4% in April from March to a seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of 4.28 million units, according to the National Association of
The writer is founder of Sifted, an FT-backed site about European start-ups At the start of this century, a visiting investor from Mars might well have bet big on Germany emerging as one of the winners of the internet revolution. Crammed with world-leading engineers, industry-friendly bankers and hustling entrepreneurs, the country looked strongly placed to