The Fed says the U.S. banking system is ‘sound and resilient,’ but warns that the financial upheaval stemming from the collapse of 2 major banks is ‘likely to result in tighter credit conditions’ and ‘weigh on economic activity, hiring and inflation.’
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Stocks fall, bond yields tumble after Fed’s latest rate hike
Some of the sharpest drops come again from the banking industry, where investors are worried about the possibility of customers yanking their cash to cause more collapses.
With an outpouring of branches, Maine breweries are tapping new markets
Battery Steele Brewing and Brickyard Hollow Brewing Co. are the latest beer makers to add new restaurants or taprooms.
CMP warns customers to be careful after wave of scam calls
Scam callers have been trying to dupe electricity customers in Maine and elsewhere by threatening to turn off their service.
Railroad supports some new regulations after Ohio disaster
Norfolk Southern’s CEO says he supports stricter standards for tank car designs and money to train emergency crews.
U.S. home sales surged in February as mortgage rates dipped
The surge in sales – the biggest on records going back to 1999 – ended a 12-month slide that knocked the nation’s housing market into its deepest slump in nearly a decade.
MacKenzie Scott sets new ‘open call’ to donate $250 million
Through her organization Yield Giving, Scott plans to make unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 nonprofits selected in the process.
Yellen says bank situation stabilizing, different from 2008
She says the meltdown 15 years ago was a ‘solvency crisis’ as opposed to ‘contagious bank runs.’
Last wild Atlantic salmon can survive Kennebec River dams, federal agency says
The federal government reviewed the dams because Brookfield Renewables is seeking to relicense 1 of them and amend the licenses for 3 others.
Stocks rise on Wall Street after big bank deal, moves by regulators
In the U.S., most of the attention has been on smaller and mid-sized banks on fears that falling trust could push their depositors to pull their money all at once.