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Help wanted. Since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has increased its target interest rate from a range of 0.25-0.50 percent to 5.25-5.50 percent, the steepest rate increases in four decades. The purpose of the increases was...more

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Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators Overview - Holiday Edition [November 2022]

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Retail sales increased 8.0% in October, exceeding the CORE CPI of 6.3%; and monthly retail sales were up .9% over September totals, exceeding the monthly inflation index of .4%, but much of this gain was due to inflation...more

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Will An Economic Downturn Lead to An Increase in Tax-Related Whistleblowing?

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Economic Downturn? The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee announced last week that it would raise the Fed’s baseline interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the largest such increase since 1994. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.5.2020 | Top Story: Jobs Report Details Alarming Rise in Long-Term U.S. Unemployment

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Along with the topline numbers (661,000 jobs added in September and unemployment rate declined to 7.9%), Friday’s U.S Jobs Report delivered the rough news that 2.4 million Americans have now been out of work for 27 weeks or...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.25.2020 | Top Story: US Jobless Claims Rise As Recovery Stagnates

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New U.S. unemployment claims rose last week according to data released on Thursday, the latest sign that America’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession is slowing—a “particularly worrisome” trend as cold-state...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.3.2020 | Top Story: CBO Projects U.S. Nat’l Debt Will Nearly Eclipse GDP for First Time Since WWII

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New figures from the Congressional Budget Office predict that U.S. government debt will, thanks to the pandemic recession, just about eclipse the size of the nation’s GDP—a level not reached since just after World War II....more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.18.2020 | Top Story: SEC Intervenes to Halt Bankrupt Hertz’s Planned Stock Sales

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Some rare last-minute SEC intervention forced Hertz to suspend its planned sale of up to $500 million in shares of the bankrupt car-rental company while the agency undertakes a closer review of the offering....more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.15.2020 | Top Story: Reopening-Related COVID Surge Pauses Recent Market Rally

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Rising infection rates around the U.S. and the globe are worrying markets, as fear of a second wave of cases linked with the reopening of the economy freaks out traders....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.22.2020 | Top Story: U.S. Sees 2.4 Million More Unemployment Claims and Concerns Over Undercounting

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This week’s latest initial unemployment filings numbered 2.4 million, a “slight drop-off in the wave of historically high weekly filings” since the pandemic hit the U.S. economy. Don’t get too excited, though. Continuing...more

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Considering Divorce During A Pandemic Or Recession

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Statistics suggest that we may see an upsurge in divorce filings following coronavirus-related quarantines. The increased time couples spend together may expose infidelity or highlight inequalities in parenting...more

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[Webinar] What Happens to Litigation During a Recession? - May 20th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

If you’re worrying over the stock market and unemployment rates, you’re not alone. But a bear market doesn’t necessarily mean a decline in litigation. Indeed, the economy’s impacts on the courts can be incredibly complex and...more

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Recession Preparation 101: Plan for Potential Layoffs Ahead of Time

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The economy is strong. Unemployment continues to hover around 4%, the lowest it has been in decades. Yet there are growing concerns that a recession is coming. Originally published in HR Daily Advisor....more

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Not an ideal report on the state of affairs for Zelle, the big banks’ payment-platform answer to Venmo. The Times reports that the “same features that make Zelle so useful for customers, its speed and ubiquity, have made it...more

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Brazil: Amid Great Recession, Government Issues Executive Order to Stave Off Unemployment and Reduce Labor Costs

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On July 6, 2015, the Brazilian government issued an Executive Order (MP 680/15 and Decree 8.479/15) called Program to Protect the Employment (“PPE”) to slow down the rise of unemployment and the deepening of the recession. ...more

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