Auto lending

The GOP is working on a plan that could extend the Congressional Review Act's reach so that it may overturn certain policies all the way back to 1996.

Banks are increasingly tightening lending standards for commercial real estate loans and are likewise seeing a drop-off in demand, according to a report released Monday by the Federal Reserve Board.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered an auto loan servicer on Wednesday to pay $2.4 million for failing to live up to the terms of a 2015 consent order.

Republicans repeatedly claim that the Dodd-Frank Act has hurt consumers by raising costs and hampering credit availability. But the data doesn't back that up.