19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Taking Social Security in 2016? Here’s What You Need to Know
Taking Social Security in 2016? Here’s What You Need to Know
Find out the basics for first-time claimers of Social Security.
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fact or Fiction: Obamacare Enrollment Has Doubled Relative to Last Year
Fact or Fiction: Obamacare Enrollment Has Doubled Relative to Last Year
If compared on an apples-to-apples basis, current Obamacare enrollment figures for HealthCare.gov yield a surprise relative to last year.
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Spreading The Christmas Fear, Ho Ho Hobama
Spreading The Christmas Fear, Ho Ho Hobama
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha
WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha
The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform. Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn a line under years of stalemate over the direction of global trade negotiations. “Our work in Nairobi marks a turning point for the World Trade Organization,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement.
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed’s Williams wants low rates, hot economy in 2016
Fed’s Williams wants low rates, hot economy in 2016
The Federal Reserve aims to keep the U.S. economy running hot next year to boost the job market and inflation, a top central banker said, and to achieve that goal interest-rate hikes will be slow but will not follow any predictable pattern. “Every meeting will truly be live in terms of adjusting policy one way or the other,” San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams told Reuters in an interview, referring to the Fed’s policy-setting meetings.
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 4 of the Most Important Things Enable Midstream Investors Should Watch in 2016
4 of the Most Important Things Enable Midstream Investors Should Watch in 2016
Find out what will determine whether Enable Midstream’s 14.4% yield can survive the worst oil crash in decades.
19 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Market Shudders As Brazil Risks "Succumbing To Fiscal Populism" With New FinMin
Market Shudders As Brazil Risks "Succumbing To Fiscal Populism" With New FinMin
The decision to approve a 2016 budget guidelines bill that targets a 0.5% primary surplus as opposed to a 0.7% surplus may have been the last straw for (former) Brazilian FinMin Joaquim Levy.
Speculation had been swirling for months that Levy’s exit was imminent as Brazil’s intractable political crisis made pushing unpopular austerity measures through Congress all but impossible for the University of Chicago-trained economist.