PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Fed Factor . Because the Fed will play such a pivotal role in leading the advance and maturation of cryptocurrency, Gouldman thinks the return of former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as incoming U.S. Treasury secretary will further catalyze the evolution and spendability of digital currency. “So Baby Steps .

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ninety-eight per cent of the global economy is reportedly already exploring digital versions of their currencies. While developing economies may look at them more favourably, he does not think G7 economies would be impacted much. However, CBDCs will not be the silver bullet to developing and accelerating cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

The Boston Fed chief said the central bank has already moved to help lessen the coronavirus pandemic’s economic harm. Rosengren added that the Fed has also been buying Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities to lower interest rates on longer-term debts like home loans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

In a virtual talk , “COVID-19 and the Economy,” Neel said policymakers must look to the past and “be less selective this time when deciding whom to help,” according to a report in CNBC. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) during the Great Recession of 2007-2009. “We Kashkari was the director of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

We have deep dives into treasury application programming interfaces (APIs) and buy now, pay later (BNPL), as well as a report on Robinhood ’s trading app outage that occurred earlier this week. HSBC on the Next Phase of Treasury APIs (B2B API Tracker). How the Digital World Will Soften the Blow of the Coronavirus.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

In an effort to deliver more relief to the nation’s struggling small businesses and boost the economy amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve announced it has taken actions to facilitate $2.3 Treasury will provide $75 billion in equity from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2020

Last week, the Fed projected interest rates will remain near zero through 2022 and promised to continue supporting a U.S. economy devastated by the pandemic. percent until it’s confident the economy has weathered the pandemic storm and is on track to see employment rebound and prices remain stable.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The latest changes proposed by the Fed come on the heels of the May 2018 passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which in turn scaled back a number of financial regulations introduced a decade ago in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis. Reg Oversight on Chinese Financial Firms to Broaden?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The Fed announced on Monday (June 8) that it has agreed to lower the minimum loan, raise the maximum limit, adjust the principal repayment schedule to begin after two years and extend the term to five years. With these changes, borrowers will be provided with greater flexibility in repaying the loans, the Fed added.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

The reasons may be sound, namely, as Fed head Janet Yellen pointed out, that the economy is picking up steam. Against rising Treasuries that makes stocks, at least for now, among the most important games in town. One place that could be hit by a Fed rate hike? The rate hike could come as early as next month or July.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

He also officially named Janet Yellen , former head of the Federal Reserve, as treasury secretary. In general, Biden’s appointees are committed to building up the economy so as to lower unemployment and drive up workers’ wages. economy recover from the pandemic-induced crisis. auto industry.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

China’s coronavirus is having a negative impact on the eurozone’s already-sluggish economy, and no one is confident that the U.S. Fed will leave interest rates alone until the end of the year. Copper — sometimes seen as the bellwether for the global economy — took a dive, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

“We want to be careful at this point, seeing how much money is in the economy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on Wednesday (June 10). “A Of the $500 billion allocated by Congress to the Treasury for business loans, only $22 billion has been spent, the report found.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

The committee foresees keeping the target range until it is confident that the economy has safely ridden out the recent events and is set to reach its maximum job and price stability milestones. percent, according to an announcement from the Federal Reserve. households and businesses.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Panic tied to the coronavirus, of course, and policy via the Fed, specifically, monetary policy, designed to grease the rails of commerce that might otherwise be threatened by that panic. The Fed actions come in response to the coronavirus, which is spreading, and in some corners of business and personal consumption, is proving a headwind.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Plus, the Federal Reserve is committed to providing stimulus money until the economy is on the road to recovery. economy since the Great Recession, and economists are warning that the worst is yet to come. Economists Warn Recession Recovery Will Be Slow. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the biggest drop in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

According to a report in the Financial Times , at the same time that durable goods declined, the underlying data points to a continuation of the strong economy in the U.S. The Fed wouldn’t be in rate-raising mode if they saw signs of a slow down in the U.S. Orders for durable goods in the U.S. Citing the U.S. declined 4.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

economy might be heading toward a recession. According to Reuters , the rise of risk premiums on investment-grade corporate bonds over comparable Treasuries, which have been increasing since February, is one factor that has analysts worried. Market watchers have sent out a warning that the U.S. Other possible warning signs: U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2019

economy showing signs of softness and the Federal Reserve expressing more cautiousness and the decline in ten-year Treasury yields, S&P 500 banks are expected to see year-over-year growth for the first quarter of 2.3 Bank of America and Morgan Stanley report the day after Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. With the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2017

The recent focus has been on the size of the Fed’s balance sheet, which soared in the wake of the financial crisis. As reported by Bloomberg earlier in the week and minutes from the Fed meetings last month, the mindset seems to be one that will reduce the size of that asset-heavy sheet, perhaps even ahead of further rate increases.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Treasury notes stand at the highest level seen in more than seven years. (To The yield on the 10-year Treasury note now stands at 3.2 The Fed just boosted rates by a quarter point last week, and it should be noted that even at a Fed funds rate of 2.25 At the same time, the yield on U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

CNBC is reporting that Warren wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about the mid-September issues, including a deluge of corporate tax payments and settlements of government bond auctions, both of which have been a drain on a system that normally runs without hiccups.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

CNBC is reporting that Warren wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about the mid-September issues, including a deluge of corporate tax payments and settlements of government bond auctions, both of which have been a drain on a system that normally runs without hiccups.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

percent the previous month, some observers said the economy “appears to be on course for a quick recovery,” Fortune report. This means the Atlanta Fed is seeing something along the lines of these headwinds that makes the retail sales jump seem more like a stimulus-fueled happening. percent on July 9,” the Atlanta Fed report stated. “The

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Broadly speaking, and as reported in The New York Times , this is but one program among several geared toward aiding the economy by shoring up the balances sheets and operations of smaller firms in the U.S. In terms of mechanics, banks make the loans, the Fed keeps most of it on its books (95 percent) — and so banks hold 5 percent.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

Boston Fed Chief Rosengren Expects Jobless Rate To ‘Rise Dramatically’. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said if the $350 billion in loan funds for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) runs dry, he will go back to Congress and ask for more money. Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann is expected to sue.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

In PYMNTS’ May 2020 Disbursements Tracker® done in collaboration with Ingo Money , an assortment of methods are assessed for their value in getting CARES Act payouts to people and businesses faster, at a decisive moment for the United States and its legendary economy. Betting on Faster Payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Those questions could be posed to any number of events – the pandemic, of course, which has brought those same queries to all aspects of life, from the economy to the election…. What will the future look like? And B2B payments , too. The Big Themes – And The Challenges .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Treasury Department all take their turns to probe and poke at the alt-fin space. The strength of the national economy means there isn’t a shortage of demand among small businesses for working capital to fuel their growth. To some, that means a regulatory crackdown is inevitably close behind. Industry Road B umps.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

In a joint appearance before the Senate Banking Committee , Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin praised the $2 trillion CARES Act Tuesday (May 19) saying the swift, bipartisan measure is providing much-needed credit to taxpayers, businesses, states and municipalities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Treasury Says PPP Loan Forgiveness Coming Soon. Department of the Treasury said this week that it would start forgiving loans granted under the PPP in the near future. Lenders and borrowers had complained that the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Treasury have failed to reply to requests for forgiveness.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Mortgage refinancing: On the heels of Fed rate cuts and continually falling Treasury rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association is now forecasting total mortgage originations of up to $2.6 trillion to the global economy, from 2024 to 2034, as estimated by the Global System for Mobile Communication.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The Treasury yields also rose, and, for example, the yield on the 10-Year stood at just under 80 basis points, up from sub 50 basis point nadirs earlier in the week. Fed rates, of course, were cut to a range of 1 percent to 1.25 This piece is being written on a Tuesday that has seen stocks soar nearly 5 percent. Hitting A Pause Button.

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Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In June 2022, in testimony before the US House Committee on Financial Services, Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell stated that the Fed would not proceed with developing and issuing a digital dollar without approval and direction from Congress. To do otherwise would have massive negative impacts on our economy and our status as a world leader.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Janet Yellen , who has been nominated by incoming President-elect Joe Biden to head up the Treasury Department , thinks the government should “act big” for its next COVID-19 relief package, Reuters writes. in a position to better compete in the global economy. Biden recently rolled out his $1.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

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

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

In today’s top news, the Federal Reserve has launched a multi-trillion-dollar lending program that targets smaller companies and local governments, while the demand for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans has led the Fed to mull letting non-bank lenders speed distribution. Fed Bets Trillions in SMB Lending That Consumers Will Return.

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