What Recent Interest Rate Hikes Mean for Banking Customers
Here’s what you need to know about federal interest rates as they continue to rise The steady, annual increases to federal interest rates have business and retail banking customers nervous. Recent Interest Rate Activity After a recession period of interest standstill—stretching from mid-December 2008 to mid-December of 2015—rates have slowly crept…Continue Reading »
Fed Lowers 2019 Interest Rate Hike Forecast from Three to Two
U.S. Rate Hikes to Continue at Slower Pace in Down Market Despite down market, the Fed signaled more 2019 interest rate hikes in January. Subsequently, stocks carried their negative trends into January. Background 2018 Interest Rate Hikes On December 19, the Fed raised interest rates for the fourth and final time in…Continue Reading »
5 Profit-Driving Business Resolutions for 2019
Ring In the New Year with This Simple Business To-Do List Every year, we—as individuals, as business owners—try to trick ourselves into achieving ambitious goals. To will our wants into realities, we use a stronger, more determined word: resolution. After all, a resolution is a decision. A goal could end in failure….Continue Reading »