Rachel Louise Ensign is a Reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She specializes in writing stories about people and their money, covering themes such as banking, finance, and the global economy, with a focus on capital markets, trade laws, and personal finance. Rachel's work has been featured in Financial News, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo News.
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Rachel's coverage primarily focuses on finance and higher education, with a particular emphasis on banking, wealth management, and donor relations within elite universities. Her articles frequently cite data and provide investment analysis.
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By: Rachel Louise Ensign
Wells Fargo and Bank of America Merrill Lynch unit agreed to pay a combined $60 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission probes into the accounts that hold cash for some of their wealth-management clients, the agency said Friday. Investors often have some incidental cash in their brokerage accounts, including from dividends and interest on their holdings. Many firms automatically put that money into so-called sweep accounts that pay very low interest rates.
By: Rachel Louise Ensign
The capital’s business district emptied out when Covid hit. Reviving it will be hard, even if federal workers all come back to the office five days a week. ‘It’s not like you can wave a magic wand.’
The top 10% of earners—households making about $250,000 a year or more—are splurging on everything from vacations to designer handbags, buoyed by big gains in stocks, real estate and other assets. All this means that economic growth is unusually reliant on rich Americans continuing to shell out. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimated that spending by the top 10% alone accounted for almost one-third of gross domestic product.
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The highest-earning 10% of Americans have increased their spending far beyond inflation. Everyone else hasn’t.
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Financial markets, universities, law firms and world leaders are reeling from the president’s agenda. White House officials say this was always the plan.
Financial markets, universities, law firms and world leaders reel from president’s agenda, but White House says this was always the plan
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The president ‘s federal government shake-up is taking a toll on the U.S. capital’s economy.
President Trump's federal government shake-up is taking a toll on the U.S. capital's economy.
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People are still buying things at a steady clip, keeping the economy humming—for now.
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Many Americans are opting for staycations and car trips this summer, even with the market’s rebound.
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