Interest Rates

Morgan Stanley Expects Favorable Environment for Lenders in 2025
Morgan Stanley Expects Favorable Environment for Lenders in 2025
December 19, 2024  |  Loans

Morgan Stanley reportedly upgraded its rating and price targets on shares of several credit card companies and lenders, citing stabilization in consumer credit and an...

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Regulators Eye Interest Rates as Retail-Branded Cards Gain Traction
Regulators Eye Interest Rates as Retail-Branded Cards Gain Traction
December 18, 2024  |  Credit Cards

More than a quarter of consumers own a store card, defined as a card that exclusively features a retailer’s branding. While co-branded cards can be...

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Lawsuit Alleges UK’s FCA Unfairly Excluded Some Businesses From Compensation
Lawsuit Alleges UK’s FCA Unfairly Excluded Some Businesses From Compensation
December 10, 2024  |  Legal

A lawsuit in the United Kingdom alleges that the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unfairly “shut out” some small businesses when compensating customers who were...

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October’s Surprise: Inflation Heats Up While GDP Cools Down
October’s Surprise: Inflation Heats Up While GDP Cools Down
November 27, 2024  |  Economy

The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index for October showed a re-ignition of inflation. The PCE increased at an annualized 2.3% rate, which is a quickening...

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November Consumer Confidence Jumps, but Spending Plans Mixed
November Consumer Confidence Jumps, but Spending Plans Mixed
November 26, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

Headed into Black Friday, consumers are more positive than they have been in months. That’s among the takeaways from the latest reading of The Conference...

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Pandemic’s Main Street Lending Program Borrowers Still Struggle With High Interest Rates
Pandemic’s Main Street Lending Program Borrowers Still Struggle With High Interest Rates
November 22, 2024  |  Loans

The Federal Reserve’s pandemic-era Main Street Lending Program reportedly had $1.23 billion in interest and principal payments in default as of Oct. 31. The program...

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Fed Says Consumer Credit Decelerated in September; Card APRs Still at Multiyear Highs
Fed Says Consumer Credit Decelerated in September; Card APRs Still at Multiyear Highs
November 08, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

All eyes were on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week. As widely expected, the central bank delivered a 0.25% trimming to the federal...

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Capital One Discloses CFPB Investigation of New High-Interest Savings Accounts
Capital One Discloses CFPB Investigation of New High-Interest Savings Accounts
November 01, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Capital One disclosed Thursday (Oct. 31) that it could face an enforcement action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding its introduction of a...

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Beneath Data Distortions, Jobs Market Shows Signs of Normalizing
Beneath Data Distortions, Jobs Market Shows Signs of Normalizing
November 01, 2024  |  Economy

The U.S. economy added the equivalent of a large company in October, according to data released Friday (Nov. 1) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics....

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