The Federal Reserve has decided to keep rates at their current rate of 5.25% to 5.5%. The central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee stated that “economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace,” with strong job gains and low unemployment. And...
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick has seen the future of the commercial real estate sector, and he is observing a messy time ahead. “I think $700 billion could default,” said Lutnick in an interview on Fox Business from the World Economic Forum in Davos,...
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the U.S. economy was “within striking distance” of the central bank’s goal of a 2% inflation rate, but he cautioned against pushing for interest rate cuts until a lower inflation environment was sustainable....
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced the appointment of Alberto G. Musalem as its next president and CEO, effective Apr. 2. Musalem succeeds Jim Bullard, who resigned from his role in July 2023 to become dean of the business school at Purdue University....
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker stressed the importance for the central bank to lower interest rates – just not in the immediate future. Speaking today in an interview with the Philadelphia radio station WHYY, Harker said, “It’s important...
Hurricane Isaias Strikes Florida Panhandle as $71.8 Billion in Commercial P…
