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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
A Bruhaha Over COVID Funding
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No policy is immune from politics — not even funding for the tools that members of both parties admit the country needs to continue to contain and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Compass: Anticipating a Fed rate hike and what might come next
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Last week, I was on the road four out of five days.
Macroeconomic & Geopolitical
What Is SWIFT and Why Does It Matter?
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What is SWIFT, why is cutting off Russia from the system considered the financial “nuclear option,” and what are the potential outcomes of this action
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Compass: Assessing the impact of economic sanctions on Russia
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As fighting continued in Ukraine over the weekend, a long list of countries implemented a long list of economic sanctions against Russia.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Compass: Economic and asset class implications of the Russia-Ukraine crisis
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As I write this, the crisis among Russia, Ukraine and the West has escalated.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Sanctions: Not Just for Banks
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Europe is girding for war, but the United States and other countries are still attempting to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to rethink his intentions in Ukraine. What impact will this have on the financial technology community? Let’s take a look.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Market Compass: Inflation and geopolitics increase the pressure on markets
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There’s a Billy Joel song from the 1980s that seems to capture last week rather well.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Congressional Staff Unionization: Will It Happen?
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Salaries, rather than long hours, seem to be the primary issue driving staffers’ complaints. And data tends to reveal there are is good reason for their discontent
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Shutdown Averted…Barely
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“Shutdown averted.” That’s the headline each time the U.S. House and Senate reach a last-minute deal to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that will keep funding running to federal agencies (albeit at the previous fiscal year’s levels).