bank deposits

• ICBA Worried About Deposit and Loan Transfers to Big Banks if TAG Expires

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 29, 2012

  Small bank trade pushing hard for Congress to extend FDIC coverage of noninterest-bearing transaction accounts before it expires Dec. 31.

• Bank Deposits Near $10 Trillion High

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 25, 2011

  Consumer uncertainty may have helped bank deposits grow to nearly $10 trillion.

• Union Highlights Importance of Federal Employees in Ad Campaign

  By Claude R. Marx  |  July 22, 2011

  NCUA staff's union launches public awareness campaign about value of government workers.

• Duffy Continues to Predict Uncertain and Uncomfortable Times for CUs

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 19, 2010

  GREENBELT, Md. -- Combine an uncertain economy with an unknown size of the NCUA assessments to pay for the problems of corporate credit unions and you have a recipe for rocky days ahead.

• Bernanke Says Interest Rates Will Remain Low

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 25, 2010

  Low inflation and a sluggish economy are "likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the House Banking Committee today.

• Recession Stifles Risk, Members Cling to Conservative Investments

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 3, 2010

  Rather than having to pull rabbits out of his hat in 2009, Scott Boyd took a conservative yet diverse approach to buffer his mostly older clients against an unstable economy.