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• Credit card rates may come down from super high to ... still kind of high

  by Nova Safo

  Now that the Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark interest rate, consumer loans should get cheaper with time; some already have. Soaring credit card rates, in particular, have attracted the attention of many politicians — including former President Donald Trump, who this week said he wants to temporarily cap credit card rates at around 10%. How doable is that?

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• What calculus should companies make when making a political stand?

  by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas

  

  Companies risk alienating a portion of their customer base if their political positions don’t fit with their brand identities, warns marketing professor Eric Van Steenburg.

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