Interest Rates 101: What businesses may expect from a hike
As the Federal Reserve prepares to start raising interest rates, perhaps by year’s end, Bank of the West Chief Economist Scott Anderson, PhD, answered questions from our editorial staff to help...
View ArticleVideo: How standby letters of credit can enable success
Do you know how standby letters of credit (SBLC) can help drive growth for your business? We’ve made a short video that can help answer that question, as it walks through the uses and advantages of...
View ArticleU.S. Outlook: Trade fears mount
More signs emerged this week that the Goldilocks view of the U.S. economic outlook could be in for a serious challenge in the weeks ahead. President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on all steel and...
View ArticleInvestment Insights: Cohn clears out
This weekly report presents insights from our Global Investment Management team. Amid the wake of increased fervor surrounding tariffs, Trump’s Director of the National Economic Council, Gary Cohn,...
View ArticleInvestment Insights: Trade war! What is it good for?
This weekly report presents insights from our Global Investment Management team. A potential trade war between the U.S. and China sparked a selloff in global stock markets last week as investors...
View ArticleInvestment Insights: Living up to (earnings) expectations
This weekly report presents insights from our Global Investment Management team. After a week-long volatility binge, financial markets seem to be enjoying renewed vigor on the back of the third-quarter...
View ArticleU.S. Outlook: The pause that refreshes, or a sign of dark days ahead?
The first quarter economic slowdown is coming into focus as recent economic indicators confirm a continuing U.S. and global manufacturing slowdown that appears to be intensifying in February. The...
View ArticleInstant Analysis: Fed Chair Powell open to reducing rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaking at a conference at the Chicago Fed, said the Fed is willing to consider cutting interest rates to keep the U.S. expansion intact. He went on to say that...
View ArticleU.S. Outlook: A warning from the jobs report
The May U.S. jobs report gave us a taste of what’s ahead if trade war threats continue to escalate and tariffs continue to grow. Hiring faded across the board in May with just 75,000 net new jobs...
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