Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Fed’s Barr outlines AI risks to finance, labor market

Key Insight: Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said the economy is currently ‘closest’ to a scenario in which AI gradually raises worker productivity without resulting in sweeping layoffs. Supporting data: Only 17% of firms currently use AI, according to a study cited by Barr. Forward look: Barr says policymakers must prepare for the worst, which […]

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Fairway, NAIFA reverse mortgage training targets financial advisors

Home Mortgage, is launching a new program to help financial professionals integrate home equity into retirement planning.   Processing Content The training, offered exclusively to NAIFA members, focuses on the ethical and strategic use of housing wealth, including reverse mortgages, in retirement planning for clients 55 and older, the organizations said in a press release Tuesday.

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Wall Street is sizing up Warsh’s options to shrink Fed portfolio

Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh has several paths toward reducing the central bank’s $6.6 trillion balance sheet but the process will be costly and lengthy, Wall Street strategists say.   Processing Content Warsh has called for dramatically paring the Fed’s massive financial footprint, rekindling the debate around the size of its portfolio which swelled

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