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Former Fed vice chair Stanley Fischer dies at 81

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair and noted macroeconomist Stanley Fischer, who passed away Saturday at 81.Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Stanley Fischer, a professor and practitioner of macroeconomics who helped guide central banks in two countries, Israel and the US, and mentored a younger generation of economic decision-makers, has died. He was 81. He died on […]

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NYMT seeks leeway on debt-to-equity ratio to fuel investment

New York Mortgage Trust is staging a consent solicitation to support its latest move into what it considers the right mix and amount of less credit-sensitive assets and higher yielding ones. The company is asking for certain bond investors’ permission to exceed a maximum 8-to-1 debt-to-equity ratio it’s contractually obligated to ensure it meets on

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