Podcast: The community bank M&A outlook for 2023

Business inventories in October 2025 came in at $2.68 trillion, up 0.3% from the month prior and up 1.1% from a year ago, the Commerce Department said.

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2% in November, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Final demand prices edged up 0.1% in October and advanced 0.6% in September. On an unadjusted basis, the...

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose 0.5 points in December to 99.5 and remained above its 52-year average of 98, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. The Uncertainty Index fell seven points from November to...

Overall economic activity increased at a slight to modest pace in eight of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts in the final months of 2025, with banking conditions reported as stable or improving, the Fed said in its first...

ABA's Office of the Chief Economist views the continued improvement in existing home sales as being supported by a slight dip in mortgage rates.

Cash may not be king, but consumers have not dethroned it completely. What can U.S. banks do to handle cash more efficiently?