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The Real Estate Crisis Looming Over Banks
A year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, investors are fearing for regional lenders saddled with a mountain of souring commercial mortgages.
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Business
Why One Shaky Bank Is Stirring Fears of a Wider Financial Mess
The recent troubles at New York Community Bancorp highlight risks that loom over lenders large and small.
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World
Eurozone Price Pressures Edged Higher to End the Year
Inflation in the countries that use the euro rose to 2.9 percent in December, but the underlying rate continued a downward trend.
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World
A Hapless Robber, Exposed by a Cloud of Dye, Gets His Day in Court
Nobody disputed that the defendant had handed over a note demanding money — please — from a Newark bank. The only remaining question: How dangerous had he been, really?
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Business
11 Charts That Explain the Year in Business, Technology and the Economy
It has been a confusing year for the economy and markets. At the start of 2023, economists largely predicted a global recession, and Wall Street was bearish on stocks, with many analysts expecting the S&P 500 to finish the year just a touch higher ...
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Business
The Way Big Banks Shut Down Customer Accounts Is Callous. Let’s Fix It.
When banks close checking and credit-card accounts because of “suspicious activity,” chaos and anxiety ensue. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Business
A Look Back at the Top Business Stories of 2023
Regional bank failures and the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried were among the big news events this year.
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World
The Year in Apple Watches, A.I., Anarcho-Capitalists and Anticapitalists
We covered a lot of ground together in 2023. In this issue of the newsletter I’ll update you on some topics I wrote about this year. A lot of things didn’t turn out quite as I’d imagined. Some did. Nobody reads this newsletter to get rich by learning ...
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Business
The Debt Problem Is Enormous, and the System for Fixing It Is Broken
Economists offer alternatives to financial safeguards created when the U.S. was the pre-eminent superpower and climate change wasn’t on the agenda.
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World
European Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged as Price Pressures Ease
Although the inflation rate has fallen to 2.4 percent, the bank said economic growth was expected to remain “subdued” in the short term.