Ken Sweet

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CEO and Chairman of the Bank of America Brian Moynihan speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 2, 2021. Moynihan said consumers are spending “at a faster rate” than he’s ever seen but he remains concerned as to how inflation and supply-chain issues will influence the economy going into the winter.
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Briant Moynihan said he’s now feeling confident about where the economy stands.
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Logan DeWitt stands outside his home in Kansas City, Kansas.
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The pandemic has been devastating for some Americans, while leaving others virtually unscathed or even in better shape.
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In this May 8, 2019 file photo, then Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rohit Chopra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chopra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency is likely to be face hostile questioning from Republican Senators on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, but is likely to be confirmed with Democrats controlling a majority in the Senate.
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Consumer Watchdog Pick Signals More Aggressive Stance
Rohit Chopra said, if confirmed, he would likely return the bureau to aggressively penalizing companies for bad behaviors.
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A man wears a face mask as he leaves a business that remains open in downtown San Antonio, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
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New Business Aid Likely Already Used Up
Any new applicants would likely miss out on this funding round.
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Chaos for SMBs Seeking Rescue Funds
Thousands of owners who applied for loans under the government's Paycheck Protection Program are in their second week of waiting for their money.
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In this March 16, 2020 file photo, chairs hang stacked on empty tables at a closed restaurant in New York.
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Why Business Relief Has Lagged
The problems range from the technical to the bureaucratic, although the Small Business Administration says it has corrected those on its end.
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In this Friday, April 3, 2020, photo, a woman walks by local stores during the coronavirus pandemic in New York.
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Small Business Loans Held Up
The SBA’s loan processing system stopped working Monday, making it impossible for loans to be approved and funds distributed.
April 8, 2020
n this April 3, 2020, file photo, the seats and aisles are empty as seen through the window of the closed Penndot Drivers License Center in Butler, Pa. Small business owners hoping for quick loans from the government were in a holding pattern Monday, April 6, 2020, waiting on their bank to either take their application or, if it did, send them the money.
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Businesses Wait for Word, Money
“It’s been a tsunami of applications,” said one bank's CEO.
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In this Thursday, April 2, 2020 file photo, Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House n Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump listen. Millions of small businesses are expected to apply for a desperately needed rescue loan Friday, a stern test for a banking industry that has had less than a week to prepare for the deluge. Small businesses will be seeking loans from the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which was put in place to help them retain workers and pay bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Many small business owners ran into bureaucratic or technological road blocks.
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