Credit card balances jump to $1.08 trillion record. How we got here

Americans now owe $1.08 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Credit card balances spiked by $154 billion year over year, notching the largest increase since 1999, the New York Fed found."Credit card balances experienced a large jump...

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$30 billion up for grabs as major bank dumps part of HNW portfolio

In a strategic move to streamline its operations, UBS Group is offloading $5 billion in managed assets from its high-net-worth client portfolio, as it continues to integrate and reevaluate the recent acquisition of Credit Suisse components. According to its latest earnings report released Tuesday Learn more about reprints and licensing for...

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Fed’s Goolsbee says ‘golden path’ of a huge drop in inflation without a recession is still possible

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday a soft landing is still on the table as the central bank seeks to combat inflation without hurting the economy significantly."Because of some of the strangeness of this moment, there is the possibility of the golden path ... that we got inflation...

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Wonder Group food delivery startup gets $100 million Nestle investment

Wonder Group has bought rights to make dishes from popular restaurants and celebrity chefs, such as Bobby Flay and José Andrés. It's also developed high-tech kitchen equipment to speed up and simplify cooking.Wonder GroupFood-delivery company Wonder Group has gotten a cash infusion from Nestle, as the startup looks to...

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