The Unparalleled Explosion in Cryptocurrencies Over 300 new coins reached $1mm market cap in 2017 After the massive Bitcoin price surge in November 2013, the popularity of launching new cryptocurrencies took off along with it. In fact, if you go back at historical snapshots around that time, you’ll see that there were literally hundreds of […]
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Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.1% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the advance estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter of 2019, GDP also grew at a 2.1% pace. Today’s Q4 GDP estimate is based on incomplete source data that is subject to further revision and […]
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The market for fintech, or financial technology software, was one of the hottest sectors in 2015. The time is ripe for financial innovation: new technologies are helping end users skip past gatekeepers and intermediaries to customize their use of financial products. Meanwhile, many of the same technologies are also erasing the inefficiencies of banks […]
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A £2 coin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings has been launched by the Royal Mint. The coins will be released as a tribute to those who fought in the battle that turned out to be a crucial turning point in the Second World War. The coin is being released to mark 75 […]
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The federal government’s jobless data that tracks new claims for unemployment benefits tumbled 13% last week to the lowest reading since mid-March – before schools, offices and stores closed amid the worst pandemic in more than a century. It’s good news for a number tracked in the mortgage and housing industries as a gauge […]
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IF you’re in need of a break but don’t have a lot of annual leave left there’s a cheeky way you can get 10 days off in a row over Easter with just four day’s leave. First of all, if you’re lucky enough to get the bank holidays off work, then there are two coming […]
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18 Media Technologies, Sorted by Adoption Rate As you read this, know that you are not alone. Statistically speaking, over 50% of people are consuming media in some form at this given moment. In fact, the latest data shows that Americans spend over 12 hours per day consuming media in various forms. This means that […]
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Workers that live in rural parts of Arkansas make less than those in urban areas, have a harder time finding better paying jobs, and these are key factors in an eroding tax base in many parts of the state, according to the Rural Profile of Arkansas, a new report produced by the University of Arkansas. […]
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Sales of new houses in August rose to 1.001 million at a seasonally adjusted and annualized pace, the Commerce Department said on Thursday – the first time the number has broken 1 million in 14 years. The number shows that while other sectors of the economy are soft, housing is ready to play its traditional […]
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The Federal Reserve approved a revamp of the anti-redlining rules known as the Community Reinvestment Act, or CRA, in a live-streamed meeting on Monday morning and gave 120 days for community and industry feedback. The move comes four months after Joseph Otting, head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, stepped down […]
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