How Credit Unions Are Exploring a Cooperative Approach to AI

Doug English and guests discuss CUltivate AI, a credit union-focused CUSO, and AI governance, transparency, privacy and practical use cases.
Weekly Bottom Line

• Markets looked through a week of geopolitical whiplash, with AI and chip optimism helping keep U.S. equities close to record highs. • The ISM Services Index eased only modestly in June, with activity and orders still expanding and employment returning to growth. • Existing home sales disappointed as affordability remained binding, while the FOMC […]
Keep Calm and Clip Coupons

Coming into 2026, we expected inflation to move closer to the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) 2% target, the Fed to cut rates by roughly 75 basis points (bps), and Treasury yields to drift lower. Instead, the first half delivered three stress tests in rapid succession: a leadership change at the Fed, a geopolitical shock that sent […]