December, 2024

December, 2024

Majority of Americans Say Inflation Will Make Santa ‘Less Generous’ This Holiday: Survey
A new survey suggests most Americans are having a tougher time than usual buying gifts this holiday season. In its new Holiday Shopping Survey, WalletHub surveyed 210 individuals and then normalized t...

Former New York Fed President Says Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Would Drive Up Inflation and Government Debt
A former Fed president is warning that the proposed Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve concept won’t yield any positive benefits for the American people. Bill Dudley, former president of the Federal Re...

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and 9 Wall Street Firms Forecast Record-Breaking Year for US Stock Market in 2025: Report
A dozen Wall Street firms including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are revealing their 2025 targets for the S&P 500. The financial companies collectively expect the US stock market to...

Treasury Department’s FSOC Says Stablecoins Represent Potential Risk to US Financial Stability
The U.S Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) says the role of stablecoins as a bridge between the digital asset market and the broader financial system warrants continu...

CFPB Loses Bid to Reinstate Cap on Credit Card Late Fees
A federal judge has upheld an order blocking a cap on credit card late fees. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth declined last week to dissolve an injunction he issued in May to block the C...

TikTok Shop Holiday Spending Jumps Despite Ban Threat
If this is TikTok’s last Christmas in America, it’s not going out quietly. The social media platform’s shopping arm, TikTok Shop, has seen heavy levels of consumer spending so far this holiday s...

OpenAI Aiming to Eliminate Microsoft AGI Rule to Boost Future Investment
OpenAI could reportedly give Microsoft access to its as-yet-unrealized artificial general intelligence (AGI). As it stands now, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup has a provision that blocks Mic...

Fed Data: Consumer Revolving Credit Jumps to Nearly 14% Annual Rate
New Federal Reserve data shows American consumers’ credit card debt continuing to climb. The data, released Friday (Dec. 6), showed U.S. consumer credit climbing from $5.093 trillion in September to...

BNP Paribas Wealth Management Shares Key Investment Trends Expected in 2025
BNP Paribas Wealth Management noted that in 2025, investors should keep front of mind a few select trends, especially in a challenging context. First, BNP Paribas noted that lower interest rates will ...

Financially Unhealthy SMB Owners Borrow Off Credit Cards: Study
While 83% of U.S. small businesses expect more good than bad things to happen for their companies, 51% are categorized as financially unhealthy. Among those who are financially unhealthy, 61% are car...

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