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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “They need to see why it’s a good idea.”

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. Chicago pension plan payments are expected to double from 2014 to 2015, and will then continue to rise for another decade before they begin to decline.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

MishTalk

Going forward, he viewed it as particularly important for the Committee to monitor price developments closely and to adapt its policy in response to incoming economic information. percent for 2014, and 2.9 Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet.

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Laughable Eurozone Banking "Non-Union"; Expect Disorderly Breakup

MishTalk

The latest proposals could see up to 126 people being consulted on how to wind up a bank, even though agreement might need to be reached over the course of a weekend while financial markets are closed. Banking union won’t be ready for the results of the ECB health check in November 2014. How big is the proposed bailout fund? €55

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