Former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon was convicted on Friday by a Washington, D.C., jury of contempt of Congress. Bannon was accused of ignoring a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. Bannon on Thursday declined to testify, and his lawyers did not call […]
Summary FINRA has adopted changes to its rules to permit, and in some instances require, electronic service and filing of documents in disciplinary and other proceedings and appeals.1 FINRA has also amended its rules to require parties in proceedings before the Office of Hearing Officers (OHO) to file and serve the parties with their current email […]
Oil futures ended lower on Friday, with U.S. prices holding below $100 a barrel and the front-month contract posting a modest rise for the week. “Demand destruction is finally happening,” with Energy Information Administration numbers showing gasoline demand getting softer, said Tariq Zahir, managing member at Tyche Capital Advisors. Still, energy prices will be “extremely […]
Central Bank Economic Letter finds that, while household deposits increased across all euro-area countries during the pandemic, Irish deposit growth was among the highest, exceeded only by Baltic countries. Unlike Ireland, these countries had very high pre-pandemic deposit growth, marking the Irish experience as exceptional. While the virus and related restrictions reduced spending, a higher […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Gabriel Makhlouf spoke this afternoon about current trends in the Irish, German and Eurozone economies, as well as opportunities and challenges in the financial system at an event hosted by the Consulate General of Ireland and IHK Frankfurt, in partnership with Verband der Auslandsbanken in Frankfurt, Europa Union […]
It is a pleasure to address you today. I would particularly like to thank our Consul General Anne-Marie Flynn for organising this event.1 German – Irish economic relationship Ireland and Germany have excellent relations, politically, culturally and economically. These relations have been documented as far back as the 7th century. When reading about the relationship, […]