In this article GM Brand new Chevrolet cars are displayed on the sales lot at Stewart Chevrolet on May 14, 2021 in Colma, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images General Motors expects the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage and rising inflation to increase its expenses during the second half of the year by up to $3
In this article UBSG-CH LONDON — One of the world’s biggest wealth managers doesn’t think artificial intelligence can replace the role of financial advisors. Ralph Hamers, the CEO of UBS, said Wednesday that technologies like AI were better suited to handling day-to-day functions like opening an account or executing trades than advising clients. “There is
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan encouraged the Federal Reserve to ease up on its ultra-easy monetary policy, saying Monday that the urgency for the pandemic-related response is abating. Speaking a day before the central bank begins its June policy meeting, the head of the second-largest U.S. banks by assets told CNBC that inflation-related issues
A car drives north to escape the Bond Fire as it crosses Santiago Canyon Road near Southern California’s Silverado Canyon on Dec. 3, 2020. Leonard Ortiz | Getty Images Climate change is a growing concern for many retirees. As extreme weather threatens communities across the country, some investors are shifting their retirement portfolios. “This is
For Lease sign in window, Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson | Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Once-temporary rent breaks for retailers are expected to become the new standard among landlords, even after pandemic restrictions end and shopping rebounds, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Mall vacancies in the U.S. hit a
Dutch airline KLM said it intends to reinstate almost all of its international routes this year as vaccine rollouts offer hopes of revival for the travel industry. KLM’s president and CEO Pieter Elbers told CNBC the carrier will also add a new route to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, even as the capacity and frequency of
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures dipped slightly in overnight trading after the Federal Reserve raised inflation expectations and forecast rate hikes as early as 2023. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 61 points, or 0.18%. S&P 500 futures edged 0.24% lower and Nasdaq 100
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC on Monday that he’s paying close attention to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week in light of recent economic data showing higher consumer prices. “If they treat these numbers — which were material events, they were very material — if they treat them with nonchalance, I
New York schoolchildren study at home during the coronavirus lockdown on April 6, 2020. Peter Titmuss | Education Images | Getty Images Parents without bank accounts, take note: The IRS will not send any of the upcoming enhanced child tax credit payments via debit cards, according to a Treasury spokesperson. The payments, which are set
Ronel Remy, an organizer with City Life/Vida Urbana, speaks during a “Rally to Stop Evictions and Foreclosures” at the Boston Common Fountain in Boston on Oct. 11, 2020. Matthew J. Lee | Boston Globe | Getty Images Many of the more than 10 million Americans who remain behind on their rent will be at risk
Rebecca Minkoff, who spent 20 years building her business, is hopeful about her post-pandemic future. Source: Rebecca Minkoff When Rebecca Minkoff landed in New York at the age of 18, she had some money saved and big dreams of becoming a fashion designer. “I had $10,000 in savings from babysitting, bat mitzvah money that I’d
In this article DKS Lauren Hobart, president and member of the board of directors at Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc., speaks during the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Dick’s Sporting Goods switched into “preservation mode” in the early days
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policy-making meeting on April 28. Text removed from the April statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both
A child passes by the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue, NW, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Members of the Federal Reserve now see two interest rate hikes in 2023, according to the central bank’s so-called dot-plot projections. Wednesday’s forecast showed 13
boonchai wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images While it’s not guaranteed that taxes are going up for wealthy Americans, it does look likely. To help fund the American Families Plan, the Biden Administration has proposed increasing capital gains taxes to 43.4%, including the net investment income surtax of 3.8%, from 23.8% for those who are
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Rising consumer costs have helped push the latest estimate for next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to 5.3%. Whether that will actually be the bump retirees see to their monthly checks in 2022 depends a lot on the economy, including whether the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates. The
One of the challenges policymakers face is designing solutions that are targeted at actual problems. If data concerning a problem is either low-quality or out-of-date, then developing solutions becomes rather difficult. This challenge is particularly relevant to international tax policy. A problem that was identified in many studies at the beginning of the 21st century
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will keep its benchmark interest rate near zero despite signs the economic recovery is well underway. But it’s clear rates won’t stay near rock-bottom forever. Recent data showing higher consumer prices and lower unemployment will pave the way for unwinding last year’s bond buying and near-zero interest rates. “Being 7.8 million jobs
Aerial images of Kea island also known as Gia or Tzia, Zea, and, in antiquity, Keos, is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union decided on Wednesday to add the United States
Antony Jenkins, founder of 10x Future Technologies and former CEO of Barclays. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The financial technology venture of former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins has raised £132.5 million ($186.6 million) from investors in a bid to expand into North America. 10x Future Technologies was founded by Jenkins in