Economics and Investing:

Bank threatens charges as negative interest rates loom – Note: A login is required to read the full article, but you get the idea just from the title. – G.G.

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Status Of The Social Security And Medicare Programs (ssa.gov) – U.S. Social Security starts to go negative in 2019 – P.S.

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Citigroup, HSBC Jettison Customers as Era of Global Empires Ends. Excerpt: “How does a company lose 69 million customers? Just ask Citigroup Inc.”

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RBS and NatWest consider charging business clients to hold cash. (Note: login required to read article)

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Brexit rewrites UK budget rules as borrowing set for first big rise since 2010

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