Articles by Bill Hampel

Average net income for credit unions in 2012 will be about 90 basis points of average assets.

The aftermath of last year’s debt ceiling impasse in Congress will be $100 billion in automatic spending cuts.

There is concern that the economy will stall in mid-2012 as it did the previous two years, at least in terms of job growth.

As large banks announced dramatic fee increases on debit card accounts, a social media-inspired call to consumers to transfer accounts from large banks to CUs drew significant attention.

The effects of Bank Transfer Day are likely to be long-lived for credit unions in a very positive way, if we can take advantage of it.

The recent pause in economic growth has caused many to wonder whether the economy might be headed for a double-dip recession.

You might be surprised by CUNA’s economic forecasts for 2011 and 2012.

Growing signs point to a strengthening recovery in 2011.

NCUA assessments are expected to total 90 bp of insured shares by 2021 vs. 144 bp for banks, a CUNA white paper reports.

The extent of consumers' deleveraging has surprised economists.