by Anthony Colombo | Aug 12, 2016 | Local Economies, National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Dear Linn County supervisors, Let me commend you for your plan “to help the county’s waters, trails and wildlife habitats.” Forty million dollars, plus the cost of an election and the fees and interest associated with the bonds, is a lot of money. You could avoid...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 10, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media, Public Bank, Public Banking
So far, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton has offered a credible plan to restart the long-stalled U.S. economy. Trump favors lowering taxes to spur demand, a reduction in the supply of illegal foreign labor to boost wages, and modifying trade policy to...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 4, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media
He met with Twin Cities activists on Wednesday. Community organizer Wintana Melekin was grabbing a soda in late June at a coffee shop near her office when she heard Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, had just been in. Seeing her...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 1, 2016 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Maine should have a state-owned bank; it’s working well enough for North Dakota. APPLETON — If you’ve ever written a check to the Maine State Treasurer’s Office, you may be surprised to learn that it was deposited in a privately owned bank. In the state treasurer’s...
by Anthony Colombo | Jul 18, 2016 | Commercial Banking, National, News, Public Banking
Since the financial crisis, Federal Reserve officials have tried to communicate their policies to a wider constituency. With Neel Kashkari, the boundaries are being tested. “.@Six1FourCapital 4 me it’s a q of r we hitting dual mandate? Is there still labor slack? R we...
by Anthony Colombo | Jul 15, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media
Winona Nava, president and CEO of Santa Fe-based Guadalupe Credit Union, says that proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules should help protect against payday lenders who charge 300 to 500 percent annual interest rates for short-term loans, instead of less...