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Opinion | Where Is the U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal?

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 newsedgepoint 185 Views 0 Comments banking, commentaries, commercial banking, credit, domestic politics, economic news, editorials, executive branch, external payments, financial services, general news, government bodies, international relations, opinions, physical trade, political, politics, politics & policy, restrictions, trade, trade barriers

The third round of negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdom for a new trade deal has come

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway can double its Bank of America stake to almost 25% | Markets Insider

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 newsedgepoint 135 Views 0 Comments Bank of America, banking, Berkshire Hathaway, Finance, Investing, Markets, Stocks, Warren Buffett

Alex Wong / Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has permission to more than double its Bank of America

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Opinion | Jerome Powell’s Price-Fix Is In

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 newsedgepoint 234 Views 0 Comments banking, bond markets, central bank intervention, commentaries, commodity, credit, debt, economic news, editorials, Federal Reserve, financial market news, financial services, interest rates, Jerome Powell, monetary policy, opinions, U.S. Treasury

Every dog of a bad policy idea has its day, but bad monetary-policy ideas seem to get more than one.

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Opinion | Judy Shelton Steps Closer to the Fed

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 newsedgepoint 219 Views 0 Comments banking, commentaries, credit, domestic politics, economic news, editorials, Federal Reserve, financial services, general news, government bodies, international relations, John Kennedy, Judy Shelton, legislative branch, opinions, political, political appointments, politics, politics & policy, terminations, upper house

After the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday advanced Judy Shelton’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the news

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Opinion | A Peek Inside a Biden Fed

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 newsedgepoint 291 Views 0 Comments banking, Biden Administration, commentaries, credit, domestic politics, economic news, editorials, Federal Reserve, financial services, general news, international relations, monetary policy, opinions, political, politics, politics & policy

As old-fashioned as it sounds, we’re thumbing through Joe Biden’s economic plan on the theory that someone somewhere might want

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Opinion | ‘Main Street’ Program Is Too Stingy to Banks and Borrowers

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 newsedgepoint 297 Views 0 Comments banking, commentaries, credit, domestic politics, economic news, executive branch, Finance, financial services, general news, government bodies, international relations, legislative branch, opinion, opinions, political, politics, treasury department

As Congress debates additional spending to help the economy recover, legislators should remember that their previous stabilization programs haven’t yet

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Opinion | Banks’ Energy Boycott Is an Antitrust Problem

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 newsedgepoint 278 Views 0 Comments anti-competition issues, banking, commentaries, commodity, commodity markets, corporate, credit, crude oil, crude petroleum extraction, domestic politics, energy, energy markets, financial market news, financial services, fossil fuels, general news, government policy, health, industrial news, infectious diseases, international relations, medical conditions, natural gas, natural gas upstream operations, novel coronaviruses, oil extraction, opinion, opinions, political, politics, regulation, respiratory tract diseases

America’s largest financial institutions are picking winners and losers in the energy sector for political reasons—even while the Covid-19 crisis

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Opinion | When Central Banks Go Green

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 newsedgepoint 213 Views 0 Comments banking, bond buying, Central Bank, central bank intervention, Christine Lagarde, climate change, commentaries, corporate debt, credit, ECB, economic news, editorials, esg, Fed, Federal Reserve, financial services, general news, global, green, monetary policy, natural environment, opinions, political, qe, quantitative easing, world issues

Modern central banks jealously guard their independence—unless it comes to the environment. Witness monetary maestros’ growing enthusiasm for using central-bank