WASHINGTON— An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month, a sign that price pressures cooled. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed prices rose just 0.1% from October to November. The report came two days after Federal Reserve officials said they expect to cut their key interest rate two times in 2025, down…
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The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point— its third cut this year— but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of stillelevated infl ation. HUSH MONEY: Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan on Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump's hush…
We have a Congress that "controls the purse," so why can't they control spending by the Executive branch? After the financial crisis of 2008-09, U.S. Treasurys received a credit downgrade for the first time in history— willing lenders disappeared. Enter the Federal Reserve, who invented QE-1, 2,3 to print money and buy $8 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt and mortgaged…
The federal government says that a former subsidiary of Independent Health defrauded Medicare by submitting inaccurate patient health data that generated millions of dollars in inflated reimbursements. The settlement with Amherst- based Independent Health, now-defunct affiliate company DxID and DxID’ s former CEO Betsy Gaffney caps off a 12- year…
Jeffrey Czajkowski, director of the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, and the research director of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, said that by November, the economic impacts of severe weather events this year reached nearly $62 billion nationally, including 24 separate billion-dollar weather events. "It's impacting a pretty…
Despite experiencing 90% of the nation's earthquakes, only 10% of California's residents have earthquake insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "I think a lot of people dropped their earthquake insurance because of the cost of home insurance," United Policyholders Executive Director Amy Bach said, referring to a yearlong bout with…
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was arraigned in a New York court Thursday after being extradited from Pennsylvania, and charged with murder, two stalking charges and a firearms offense. A handcuffed Mangione was led into custody by a massive escort, including heavily armed police and Mayor Eric Adams.
Third Point LLC, an alternative investment manager with $12 billion of assets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AS Birch Grove LP, a diversified alternative credit fund manager. Upon consummation of the transaction, expected in Q1 2025, American Securities will no longer be an owner of Birch Grove, which will become a…
With the presidential election in the rearview, many may be pontificating what's ahead for New Jersey's economic future. Among the opinions, we heard that if the Federal Reserve continues cutting interest rates as expected, the banking industry will experience both challenges and opportunities in 2025. We expect that potential policy changes and Federal…
Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday rejected a proposed rule that would have allowed pharmacists to be paid a dispensing fee by drug middlemen who reimburse them for prescription costs. Members of the Administrative Rules subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council spent about two hours questioning the Insurance Department's legal counsel about the…
Because the United States still doesn't have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention. On Dec. 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare's 50- year-old CEO. And Andrew Witty, CEO of the overall UnitedHealth operation, collected $23.5 million, making him the nation's highest-paid health insurance CEO.
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As he enters the final month of his first and only presidential term, Joe Biden is speaking to history, emphasizing the positive side of his legacy while he can still command an audience. Inflation is under control, gas is down to $3 a gallon and the Federal Reserve has already sliced interest rates twice this fall. Biden hands that economy over to Donald Trump, a man…
Rome's average price for a gallon of unleaded is around $2.70, according to GasBuddy.com, lower than the projected $2.95 national average on Christmas. Those prices have dropped in large part because of a market recovery after the pandemic, coupled with Federal Reserve measures to curb inflation through higher interest rates, and a weak economy in China.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has been named a recipient of the 2024 Organization of the Year Award from Feed My People Food Bank for its efforts to fight hunger in west-central Wisconsin, and it's part of the effort to keep students and their families fed in Rice Lake and northwestern Wisconsin. In Rice Lake, UW-Eau Claire– Barron County likewise hosts…
US Fed's caution on rate cuts could cause friction with Trump. Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House and uncertainty about his policy proposals has begun weighing on the U.S. Federal Reserve, raising concerns of a reckoning between the central bank and the president-elect. Trump has continued to insist that, "properly used," tariffs would be positive…
