Rebel A. Cole

In the media

Dr. Cole comments on banking, the Federal Reserve, commercial real estate, and small business credit. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Fortune, and has appeared on CNN, ABC News, Fox Business, the Today show, and the PBS Nightly Business Report. Many of his television interviews are on YouTube.

All 76 appearances, 2010 to 2026

Newest first. Some older links may no longer be online at the original outlet.

2026

  1. Experts Predict No Fed Rate Cut Next Week: What It Means
    Newsweek, Sep 11, 2026
  2. August jobs surge pushes rate hike expectations
    Fox 51 WOGX, Sep 7, 2026
  3. Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady
    Fox 35 Orlando, Aug 21, 2026
  4. Will the Fed raise interest rates this year? Divided economists weigh in
    ABC News, Jul 30, 2026
  5. Takeaways from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s tenure as he steps down
    ABC News, May 15, 2026

2025

  1. Banks are sitting on $500 billion in unrealized losses, and stagflation could cause another Silicon Valley Bank-like crisis
    Fortune, May 14, 2025

2024

  1. Why there’s confidence South Florida is (mostly) immune to a commercial real estate correction
    WLRN Miami, Mar 25, 2024
  2. These 28 regional and community banks exceed regulators’ threshold for high commercial real-estate concentration risk: Here’s what’s really at stake
    Business Insider, Mar 9, 2024
  3. Fed Unintended Consequences May Put More Pressure on Regional Banks
    GlobeSt, Feb 29, 2024
  4. A Significant Share of Banks Are Overexposed to CRE
    GlobeSt, Feb 27, 2024
  5. New York Community Bancorp Woes Keep Squeezing Regional Bank Sector
    Inc., Feb 13, 2024
  6. Real estate pain for US regional banks is piling up, investors warn
    Fox Business, Feb 12, 2024
  7. Real estate pain for US regional banks is piling up, say investors
    Reuters, Feb 12, 2024

2023

  1. Banks report continued pain on commercial real estate loans
    Reuters, Oct 18, 2023
  2. Banks are finally admitting they have a problem with billions of dollars of looming real-estate defaults
    Business Insider, May 1, 2023
  3. Small Banks Are Losing to Big Banks. Their Customers Are About to Feel It
    Wall Street Journal, Mar 30, 2023
  4. What happens when a bank is liquidated?
    Bankrate, Mar 23, 2023
  5. Federal Home Loan bank borrowings jump this week by nearly $250 billion
    American Banker, Mar 16, 2023

2022

  1. Are there too many banks?
    American Banker, Sep 21, 2022
  2. Elon Musk’s bank loans show the divide in American finance
    Financial Times, Apr 30, 2022

2021

  1. Race and finance: America’s segregated banking sector
    Financial Times, Dec 13, 2021

2020

  1. Floridians fared worst in study of pandemic unemployment relief
    Bloomberg Law, Oct 15, 2020
  2. With COVID-19 cases on the decline, is Phase 3 of reopening Florida coming soon?
    Fox 35 Orlando, Aug 23, 2020
  3. FAU Professor warns a key COVID-19 metric Florida uses could be misleading
    ABC Action News Tampa Bay, Aug 14, 2020
  4. South Florida lab under investigation for holding on to thousands of COVID test results
    CBS 12 West Palm Beach, Aug 13, 2020
  5. Tracking Coronavirus: 245 more COVID-19 deaths reported by Florida health officials
    Fox 35 Orlando, Aug 4, 2020
  6. US tops 4 million coronavirus cases as infections surge in South
    NBC Today, Jul 24, 2020
  7. FAU researchers create COVID-19 tracker
    Fox 35 Orlando, Jul 24, 2020
  8. FAU researchers create new COVID-19 tracker
    CBS 12 West Palm Beach, Jul 21, 2020
  9. Man who died in motorcycle crash counted as COVID-19 death in Florida: Report
    CBS 12 West Palm Beach, Jul 18, 2020
  10. Dozens of Florida labs still report only positive COVID tests, skewing positivity rate
    CBS 12 West Palm Beach, Jul 17, 2020
  11. Florida professor says COVID-19 death counts need more transparency
    Fox 35 Orlando, Jul 16, 2020
  12. Is Florida COVID-19 positivity rate accurate? Labs not reporting negative test results
    ABC 7 Sarasota, Jul 15, 2020
  13. Small Business Loans Helped the Well-Heeled and Connected, Too
    Wall Street Journal, Jul 6, 2020
  14. SBA Loans to Charge 0.5% Interest, Can Be Forgiven If Used to Save Jobs
    Wall Street Journal, Mar 31, 2020
  15. Emergency coronavirus program gives fintechs a shot at SBA lending
    American Banker, Mar 26, 2020

2016

  1. 100 Percent Expensing Is No Alternative for Interest Deductibility
    Tax Notes, May 9, 2016
  2. Small Businesses Are Unhappy With Online Lenders
    American Banker, Mar 3, 2016
  3. What Happens When Your Bank Is Liquidated?
    Bankrate, Feb 29, 2016

2015

  1. Big Banks Cut Bank Lending to Small Businesses
    Wall Street Journal, Nov 26, 2015
  2. Entrepreneurs May Be a Lot More Creditworthy Than They Think
    Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2015
  3. Stress Tests on Big Banks Are Too Predictable, Treasury Says
    International Business Times, Mar 4, 2015
  4. Irony of JPM’s Organic-Growth Pitch Not Lost on Dimon
    American Banker, Feb 25, 2015
  5. Banks Rev Up Small-Business Lending Amid Critics, New Competitors
    American Banker, Feb 16, 2015
  6. Are the Big Banks Open for Small Business Lending?
    American Banker, Feb 16, 2015

2014

  1. Russia’s Latest Torment: Higher Prices for Everything
    Bloomberg News, Dec 17, 2014
  2. In Credit Suisse Settlement, a Question of Justice
    New York Times, May 21, 2014
  3. What North Dakota’s Public Bank Does for Small Businesses
    New York Times, Mar 13, 2014

2013

  1. The Guarantee That Banks May Fear to Invoke
    New York Times, Oct 8, 2013
  2. Buried in the Fine Print: $57 B of FHA Loans Big Banks May Have to Eat
    American Banker, Oct 7, 2013
  3. Barclays, Caught Short, Is Now in a Bind
    New York Times, Aug 2, 2013
  4. Banks Ease Capital Cost of Loans to Brokers
    New York Times, May 1, 2013
  5. Banks Pass Fed’s Tests; Critics Say It Was Easy
    New York Times, Mar 8, 2013

2012

  1. Study: Bank bailout didn’t boost small business lending
    CNN Money, Nov 14, 2012
  2. TARP Verdict: Bailouts Failed to Help Small Business
    Bloomberg Businessweek, Nov 8, 2012
  3. Central Bank to Weigh Further Stimulus Measures
    Voice of America News, Sep 11, 2012
  4. Weak US Employment Report Could Force Central Bank Action
    Voice of America News, Sep 7, 2012
  5. Fed’s Role with LIBOR
    PBS Nightly Business Report, Jul 11, 2012
  6. Fed: Recession Shrank Wealth 40%
    WTTW Chicago Tonight, Jun 12, 2012
  7. Bank of America Faces Bad Home-Equity Loans: Mortgages
    Bloomberg News, Apr 18, 2012
  8. The Buffett Rule
    WTTW Chicago Tonight, Apr 10, 2012
  9. Questions as Banks Increase Dividends
    New York Times, Mar 14, 2012
  10. Is the Fed Doing Enough To Fix Housing?
    Fox Business, Feb 10, 2012

2011

  1. FDIC’s Failure Role Larger Than It Likes To Admit
    American Banker, Nov 2, 2011
  2. Creating Better Banks of America
    Washington Post, Sep 20, 2011
  3. BofA Cuts May Aid PNC As Rivals Challenge Too-Big-To-Fail Firms
    Bloomberg Businessweek, Sep 14, 2011
  4. CNN Weekday: Bank of America Job Cuts
    CNN, Sep 12, 2011
  5. How Bank of America Lost its Balance
    NPR All Things Considered, Sep 12, 2011
  6. Moynihan Cedes Top Rank as BofA Disowns Bigger-is-Better
    Bloomberg Businessweek, Sep 11, 2011
  7. Why CAMELS Aren’t As Secret As You Think
    American Banker, Aug 15, 2011
  8. Bankers Brace for Default, Credit Quality Hit
    American Banker, Jul 30, 2011
  9. Servicing Wrongs Could Force Banks to Take Big Losses on FHA Loans
    American Banker, Apr 28, 2011

2010

  1. Quote of the Day Oct. 21, 2010
    New York Times, Oct 21, 2010
  2. Big Clash on Foreclosures is Taking Place
    New York Times, Oct 21, 2010
  3. Default on Second Mortgage to Save Home
    Fox Business, Sep 28, 2010
  4. Bank’s Dispute Strategy to Force a Quicker Foreclosure Modification
    Washington Post, Sep 24, 2010

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