Initiatives by banks to give customers access to the federal government’s economic impact payments have caused confusion for some customers with overdrawn accounts, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s latest consumer complaint bulletin.
A specter is haunting America. It’s not the animating spirit of a certain German’s fever dreams, but one that still sends chills down the spine of many of the nation’s top capitalists: a lack of government economic aid.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported some progress in advance of a Tuesday deadline for reaching a pre-election deal with President Donald Trump on a new coronavirus relief package, but the same core problems bedeviling the effort remain in place despite optimistic talk from the president and his team.
