Mike Schenk

• Corporate's December Report Inflates Inflation Worries

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 26, 2011

  The stark words jumped off the page of the report. "Consumer inflation rose 0.5% in December, the highest monthly gain since June 2009," according to an advisory prepared by Brian Turner of Southwest Corporate Investment Services in Plano, Texas.

• Survey Finds Many Will Boost Holiday Spending

  By Claude R. Marx  |  December 1, 2010

  This year, 57% of American consumers plan to spend as much or more than they did last year at the holidays -compared with 54% last year-according to a survey released by CUNA and the Consumer Federation of America.

• CUNA Study Consumers Likely To Spend More Money

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 22, 2010

  This year, 57% of all people plan to spend as much or more than they did last year at the holidays -compared with 54% last year-- according to a survey released today by CUNA and the Consumer Federation of America.

• Foreclosure Mess Likely to Drag On

  By David Morrison  |  November 3, 2010

  The ongoing tangle that has become the foreclosure process in many parts of the country moved in two directions last week, each of which could impact credit unions.

• One Impact of Reg E Is Lower Deposit Rates, Says Analyst

  By Lindsey Siegriest  |  August 4, 2010

  With the July 1 Reg E deadline already come and gone and the Aug. 15 deadline fast approaching, one analyst said financial institutions are recouping lost noninterest income by lowering deposit rates.