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Michigan's economy collapsed this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic as thousands of businesses closed and more than 1 million residents lost work and sought unemployment benefits.

Roger Brown is head of tax & regulatory affairs for Lukka. He has more than 27 years of experience as an international tax and financial products lawyer. He spent a decade in the national office of the IRS writing regulations and other guidance and a similar period as a partner in Ernst & Young’s financial institutions & products office. After being tasked to be lead international tax partner on a number of EY’s largest banking, insurance and other capital markets clients — often bridging the intersection of tax and capital markets regulations — he was one of EY’s leaders in the fintech and blockchain space prior to joining Lukka.

Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level ever recorded by Freddie Mac, even as it appears the relationship to the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield has stabilized.

Home sales dipped in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the decline in Virginia wasn't as severe as many had anticipated, according to Virginia Realtors.

Kingsley Greenland is president and CEO of DebtX.

Bill Thompson is president of insurance company CPA Mutual, helping CPAs navigate professional liability issues. He has been a member of CPA Mutual since 1993 and has been a licensed CPA since 1981.

Jev Golinejs is a board member and chief legal officer at Dating.com Group.

Michael Holmstrom, audit manager at Marks Paneth LLP in the Real Estate Group, is a New York CPA and has received his M.S in Accounting from SUNY Old Westbury. In addition to real-estate, Michael also has an extensive auditing background in construction, manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, food and beverage and architecture and engineering. Over the past few years, Michael has helped to prepare his firm for the future of auditing by researching audit technology and gaining an understanding of how data analytics can start to help his firm become more efficient. In addition, with the use of Excel and other software, he has helped develop some efficiencies in the audit practice.

Stefan is one of the co-founders and now Senior Product Owner for TeamMate Analytics. He began his career as an Auditor at KPMG. During 9 years there, he also spent time in Internal Audit, Forensics, Transaction Services and Management Consulting working with a wide range of clients from small owner-managed businesses to FTSE 100 companies. Stefan has a huge passion for Data Analytics and increasing its use in auditing.