April 14, 2021
“The IRS plans to begin sending monthly payments from the new $3,000 child tax credit in July, Commissioner Charles Rettig said Tuesday during a hearing with the Senate Finance Committee. The new and significantly expanded child tax credit was included in the $1.9 trillion… Continue Reading…
April 7, 2021
“There was a 30% month-over-month increase in the number of payments made to pay household bills from March 17 to March 21, according to the latest research from bill pay service doxo. During that same weeklong time frame, the total amount paid… Continue Reading…
April 7, 2021
“U.S. Treasury yields were slightly higher on Friday morning, following a better-than-expected March jobs report. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 1.688% at 8:32 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 2.341%. Yields move inversely to… Continue Reading…
April 6, 2021
“A new report from UBS’s retail analysts suggests that 80,000 stores will close in the U.S. over the next few years. “We estimate that 80,000 stores will close by 2026 in our base case,” the report found. The worst-case scenario… Continue Reading…
April 5, 2021
“While auto sales as a whole have suffered from factory shutdowns and other disruptions due to the pandemic, sales of super-expensive cars, like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis, finished 2020 at a blistering pace.In the United States, overall passenger car sales… Continue Reading…
April 1, 2021
“The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended March 27: 719,000… Continue Reading…
March 25, 2021
“First-time claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly fell sharply last week amid signs that hiring has picked up in the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Claims totaled 684,000 for the week ended March 20, the first time the number… Continue Reading…
March 24, 2021
“EDITOR NOTE: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Citigroup–three of America’s largest banks–have significantly increased their stake in China, as the top five US banks, adding Morgan Stanley and Bank of American to the list, hold a whopping $77.8 billion exposure… Continue Reading…
March 22, 2021
“Lowly rated US energy companies that struggled for survival last year are finding renewed optimism among investors after a surge in oil prices, helping them raise a record amount of debt to fend off bankruptcy. Energy and power companies tracked… Continue Reading…
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