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Summers sees Trump naming ‘respected’ replacement for Powell

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said he expects Donald Trump to name a mainstream candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, despite the president’s bashing of the U.S. central bank leader for failing to cut interest rates this yearBloomberg News Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said he expects Donald Trump to name a mainstream […]

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Leave some Sprout execs out of messy saga, judge says

Former executives of failed lender Sprout Mortgage could be off the hook in a long-running lawsuit from laid-off employees seeking millions of dollars in backpay. The non-qualified mortgage lender abruptly shuttered in July 2022 and allegedly left hundreds of employees without their final two paychecks. Sprout Mortgage was one of several industry players to fold

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FHFA Director Bill Pulte calls on Fed Chair Powell to resign

FHFA Director Bill Pulte called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to resign today, shortly after President Trump urged Powell to cut the Fed funds rate by 2.5% in a social post. This follows the Federal Reserve’s decision yesterday to keep the Fed Funds rate unchanged. Although Powell pointed out the challenges of finding a

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