Generally speaking, the higher your credit score, the better off you are when it comes to getting a loan. FICO scores, the most popular scoring model, range from 300 to 850. A “good” score generally is above 670, a “very good” score is over 740 and anything above 800 is considered “exceptional.” Once you reach that 800
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Figuring out the long-term effects of the pandemic on public finance issues attached to the urban cores of major US cities still requires a dartboard and a crystal ball, especially while municipalities are currently flush with cash. The comments came during a Thursday panel discussion hosted by the Volcker Alliance to explore the still unfolding
Investors have been put on notice that central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic will “stay the course” on interest rate increases to cool down their economies and tame high inflation. European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warned that further big rate rises lay ahead in comments later echoed by a top official at
Hamline University, a liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, has come under fire in recent weeks after it refused to renew the contract of an adjunct professor who had shown images of the Prophet Muhammad in an art history class. Now the professor at the center of the controversy is suing, alleging religious discrimination
Auditors say the Pentagon cannot account for $220 billion worth of government-owned gear provided to military contractorsand the actual total is likely much higher. In a report released Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) slammed the Pentagon’s handling of so-called “government-furnished property” (GFP) that has been passed off to contractors with little oversight. The GAO
close video Donalds: There have to be negotiations around debt ceiling Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds calls out reckless government spending and reacts to President Biden’s classified documents scandal on “Making Money.” The federal government officially reached its $31.38 trillion debt limit on Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to begin using its "extraordinary measures" to
Twitter CEO Elon Musk didn’t hold back any punches after saying the Biden administration could weaponize federal agencies against Twitter if former President Donald Trump returned to the platform. “Will be interesting to see how the Biden administration reacts to this,” Musk tweeted Wednesday. “They may try to weaponize Federal agencies against Twitter.” Musk’s post
Growth in U.S. prices is expected to ease in the year ahead, contacts surveyed in the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book said. “Selling prices increased at a modest or moderate pace in most districts, though many said that the pace of increases had slowed from that of recent reporting periods,” the Fed said Wednesday in
The United States producer price index (PPI) fell 0.5% for the month, which was much more than the 0.1% decline estimated by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The largest monthly decline since April 2020 was also aided by a sharp drop in energy prices. Another report showed that the retail sales data dropped 1.1% in
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Ethereum (ETH) price is struggling to overcome resistance at $1,600 and this is the altcoin’s third attempt since September 2022. Some would say the 33% year-to-date rally could be interpreted as a failed opportunity to breach the $200 billion market capitalization mark. If Ethereum price were to break above $1,600, it would return Ether to
Many trend forecasting experts predict that traditional design will be bigger than ever in 2023 and perhaps no retailer knows this better than Ballard Designs. Founded in 1983 by Helen Ballard, it began as a catalog with a two-page black-and-white brochure featuring a replica of a dolphin-accented table from the founder’s Atlanta home. This product
Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Between rents rising and most pandemic-era eviction bans having expired, the number of tenants coming home to find notices on their doors is picking up. In just the first week of January, the Eviction Lab at Princeton University has counted more than 9,300 evictions in the nine states
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court revealed that it would not hear the case brought by the state of Missouri regarding an ongoing effort that would allow pandemic funds to be used to finance tax cuts. “Orders for declining to hear a case do not usually include reasoning,” said Joe Bishop-Henchman, EVP, National Taxpayers Union.
The dollar touched a seven-month low on Wednesday, reversing a trend that dominated much of 2022 as lower expectations of sharp Federal Reserve rate rises eased pressure on global markets. The fall in the US currency, one of the steepest since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, came as US retail figures showed a
The leading cryptocurrency had an exciting year in 2021 with several big news items that alsopropelled the sector forward. One of the big stories in 2021was large companies adding Bitcoin BTC/USD to their balance sheets, a move thatmay have been one of the key catalysts to send the price to all-time highs. What Happened: One
The furor over President Biden’s handling of sensitive documents could have an unexpected beneficiary: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). The reason is simple. While the controversy self-evidently makes Biden more vulnerable, it also ensures endless mentions of former President Trump’s own troubles with apparently classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. If there is a third option for
Shiba Inu SHIB/USD , an Ethereum ETH/USD -based meme coin, saw a spike in its price after short betsworth nearly $790,000 were liquidated. What Happened: Coinglass data indicated that $788,000 worth of shorts were liquidated over a 12-hour period leading up to the time of writing. Screenshot Of Liquidation Data From Coinglass Long SHIB positions
Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. will take retail orders Wednesday on a long-planned issue that prioritizes local buyers on the city’s first bonds to carry a social bond designation and gives special consideration for environmental, social, and governance investors. The STSC offers $305.3 million of tax-exempt paper in three series — including $98 million of