Preparing for ‘Brexit,’ Britons Face Economic Pinch at Home

by | Jun 11, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Consumer Behavior, Economics, England, Finance, Great Britain Withdrawal from EU (Brexit), International Trade and World Market, Politics and Government, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Wages and Salaries, Working Capital

By PETER S. GOODMAN June 11, 2017 LONDON — Right about now, Eddie Stamton, a construction worker, would normally be making preparations to jet off to a sandy stretch of the Mediterranean for a summer holiday. Not this year. In the year since...

Despite Weak Inflation, Fed Is Likely to Raise Interest Rates in June

by | May 30, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Brainard, Lael, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Consumer Behavior, Deflation (Economics), Economics, Federal Reserve System, Finance, Inflation (Economics), Interest Rates, Politics and Government, United States Economy, Wages and Salaries, Working Capital

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM May 30, 2017 WASHINGTON — A speech by a Federal Reserve governor Tuesday underscored a basic shift in Fed policy: The central bank now needs to be convinced that quarterly rate increases are a bad idea. After years in which any...

Economic View: The Question Isn’t Why Wage Growth Is So Low. It’s Why It’s So High.

by | May 26, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Economics (Theory and Philosophy), Finance, Inflation (Economics), Labor and Jobs, Productivity, United States Economy, Wages and Salaries, Working Capital

May 26, 2017 Economic View By NEIL IRWIN One of the economy’s biggest mysteries is this: The labor market is the strongest it has been in a decade, yet wages are rising barely faster than inflation. For some reason, the booming job market and ultralow...

Lack of Workers, Not Work, Weighs on Utah’s Economy

by | May 21, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Federal Reserve System, Finance, Labor and Jobs, Non-Bank Loans, Qualtrics, Shortages, Unemployment, United States Economy, Utah, Wages and Salaries, Working Capital

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM May 21, 2017 SALT LAKE CITY — Stephanie Pappas and her brothers built their roofing supply company in this fast-growing region by promising next-day delivery, but lately they’ve been forced to tell some customers that...

Mother’s Pay: The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood

by | May 13, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Income Inequality, Labor and Jobs, Wages and Salaries, Women and Girls, Working Capital

Mother’s Pay By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER May 13, 2017 When men and women finish school and start working, they’re paid pretty much equally. But a gender pay gap soon appears, and it grows significantly over the next two decades. So what changes?...