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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Department of the Treasury last week released its final rule for the $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds (SLFRF) provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The rule also encourages state and local governments to spend the fiscal relief rapidly and directly, prioritizing economic recovery and equity.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It made the decision, according to a statement, “in the interest of the stability and integrity of the wider global financial system.” brought back financial and other sanctions against Iran, which in turn came after the U.S. SWIFT said the decision was a “regrettable” one. That decision came after the U.S. political influence.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

The CFOs and treasurers throughout the globe are popping their bubbles when it comes to economic outlook. According to “ Managing Risk in Challenging Economic Times ,” released earlier this month, the majority of CFOs admit that they struggle to stay on top of how quickly the macroeconomic environment is changing.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

financial system improve the ability of small businesses (SMBs) to get financing, driven in part by a decline in startup formation in recent decades. Small businesses are essential job generators, and the major driver of economic growth and vibrancy for all regions of the country.”. In addition, U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

That’s because the Fed is wary of boosting rates so quickly that economic growth stalls. It’s the famous “punch bowl” argument, that rates should get a boost only at the peak of economic activity. The other issue when we see a sell-off like this is … a repricing of [Treasury bills (T-bills)]. The Business Impact. economies. “To

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JULY 26, 2017

The federal banking system is, and should be, a source of strength for the nation and its economy. When it is running well, it powers tremendous growth and economic prosperity for consumers, businesses and communities across the country,” said Keith A. Today, the federal banking system remains healthy,” he continued.

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APRIL 29, 2016

It announced an investment in Digital Currency Group, a bitcoin/blockchain startup-focused investment firm, which includes former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who is serving as an advisor and also put money up. This report was also supported by the parliament’s economic affairs committee. This includes fines up to $38,000 (2.5

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

CHANCELLOR: And I actually — one of my last projects at GMO was to do a sort of — to look at what was going on from economic sentiment perspective, looking at various different measures in a bull bear ratio, amount of margin loans in system. They’re actually just buying long dollars, treasuries. RITHOLTZ: Yes.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But since you mentioned getting return on the risk you take, how do you think about duration when the three-month Treasury is more or less the same or better than the 10-year? RIEDER: And all of a sudden, you change the economic paradigm so darn fast. RITHOLTZ: We’ll talk a little bit about the inverted yield curve later.

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JULY 31, 2018

Treasury Department. financial technology efforts. The Treasury Department report, entitled “ A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities ,” serves as a response to executive order 13772, President Trump’s call to regulate the U.S. financial system around a set of core principles.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The sanctions would broadly ban state-owned FIs’ access to the international financial system. Firms that are considered complicit in helping Maduro or the country’s financial sector could be hit with sanctions as well. In fact, earlier this week, the U.S. Mnuchin in a press release.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

In its November Financial Stability Report , the central bank explained that “a global stablecoin network, if poorly designed and unregulated, could pose risks to financial stability. The failure of a stablecoin to operate as expected could disrupt other parts of the financial system.”.

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MARCH 11, 2020

President Donald Trump unveiled a number of executive actions designed to blunt at least some of the economic impact of the coronavirus, which continues to spread across the United States. Added Corbat, the head of Citigroup: “This is not a financial crisis…the banks and the financial system are in sound shape and we are here to help.”

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 8, 2024

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Ed Hyman on Using Economic Data Opportunistically , is below. So you have all of this very pragmatic experience as opposed to getting a PhD in economics, which tends to be a little more abstract and academic. That’s just unprecedented. And then you get an MBA from MIT. Four years.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Whenever a seismic event comes on the scene, and threatens to swamp the financial system and the U.S. That sentiment was echoed, at least in part, Wednesday (March 18) in an op-ed that ran in the Financial Times , penned by Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, former heads of the U.S. This time is different, as the saying goes.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 22, 2024

So it’s not a great story, you know, as you on the show… 00:02:05 [Barry Ritholtz] I hear people saying, well, you know, economics business was my backup. So let’s talk a little bit about your experience at the US Treasury Department. So I had the financial crisis through the Morgan Stanley lens.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This, this is true with every pump and up scheme, every pyramid scheme, and it, it comes out in some of the court documents later that in, in some of the corporate Slack accounts, one, one of the people say they should be the director of Ponzi economics. Put it in Riskless Treasuries. Tell us what is Ponzi nos?

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