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US Political Will, African Reforms Signal New Era for Energy Investment

Amid regulatory overhauls and renewed U.S. export finance, leaders at African Energy Week 2025 counsel that the moment to act on U.S.–Africa energy ties is now October 3, 2025/AEC U.S. political momentum and African regulatory reforms are converging to create what leaders at African Energy Week 2025 described as a […]

Economic Outlook and the Fed’s Monetary Policy Framework

October 3, 2025/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson Thank you, Dean Madan. I appreciate the opportunity to speak here at Drexel University and to visit Philadelphia, an area where I have spent much of my personal and professional life.1 I will not go on too much about […]

Federal Reserve Board Announces Approval of Proposal by BancFirst Corporation

October 3, 2025/US Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the proposal by BancFirst Corporation, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to acquire AmeriBank Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire American Bank of Oklahoma, both of Collinsville, Oklahoma.   Order (PDF)