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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity increased slightly to moderately"

Calculated Risk

Fed's Beige Book Economic activity increased slightly to moderately across the twelve Federal Reserve Districts in late November and December. The nonfinancial services sector grew slightly overall, with Districts highlighting growth in leisure and hospitality and transportation, notably air travel. Vehicle sales grew modestly.

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Wednesday: Fed Chair Powell, Job Openings, ADP Employment, Beige Book

Calculated Risk

House Financial Services Committee • At 2:00 PM, the Federal Reserve Beige Book , an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts. . • At 10:00 AM, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for January from the BLS.

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Wednesday: Fed Chair Powell, Beige Book

Calculated Risk

House Financial Services Committee • At 2:00 PM, the Federal Reserve Beige Book , an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts. Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. •

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Wednesday: Job Openings, Fed Chair Powell Testimony, Beige Book, ADP Employment

Calculated Risk

House Financial Services Committee • At 2:00 PM, the Federal Reserve Beige Book , an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts. Jobs openings increased in December to 9.03 million from 8.93 million in November.

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Navigating Politics and Financial Services With Adam Solano

NAIFA Advisor Today

A member of NAIFA, he has served in numerous roles in NAIFA including serving as President of NAIFA Chicago and Illinois and is a recognized leader and mentor within the financial services community.

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Why Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency for Financial Services Is the Key to Growing Your Business

Indigo Marketing Agency

Why Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency for Financial Services Is the Key to Growing Your Business In the mid-2000s, digital marketing was just one of many mediums local businesses were starting to utilize to growalong with newspaper ads, phone book ads, direct mail ads, radio and TV ads, billboards, door-to-door sales, and more.

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Longform links: generalized anger

Abnormal Returns

Books Jack Raines talks with Nat Eliason author of "Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance." dynomight.substack.com) Longreads A horrible story of incentives gone wrong in the financial services industry. sherwood.news) An excerpt from "The Techno-Humanist Manifesto" by Jason Crawford.