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Economist on Effects of Coronavirus: “Comes like a freight train, but expect it to go away quickly”
The traditional definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth — but the worldwide shock of the Coronavirus has forced that model to stand on its head. According to economist Elliot Eisenberg, president of Graphs and Laughs, LLC, and wildly popular presenter at CU Direct’s annual conference over the last few…
Machine Learning Can Improve CUs’ “People Helping People”
Computer programming has come a long way since the late 1970s and early 80s, when high school students learned BASIC and wrote simple programs on Commodore 64s. Today, six-year-olds learn coding from LEGO kits purchased at Target and young entrepreneurs are earning millions writing apps and selling them to global fintech companies. Until recently, however,…
Member Business Lending is Much More Than That
Across the United States, small business is anything but “small” business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses (defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees) account for over 99% of all American businesses and close to sixty million employees. As existing small businesses continue searching for ways to grow and prosper,…