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President Donald Trump's administration has reportedly sent a letter to Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook detailing his reasons for finding cause to remove her from office after the Supreme Court ruled in her favor earlier this summer.
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The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, but the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% all the same. The development could embolden both hawks and doves at the central bank.
August 7 -
The online lender said its national bank will become the "primary originator," displacing the banks that are lenders of record. Loan buyers keep their role.
August 5 -
The Federal Reserve governor said inflation is too high but said she ultimately voted last week to hold interest rates steady to give recent economic trends more time to play out.
August 5 -
The deal wraps up the transformation efforts Radian announced when it agreed to acquire specialty insurer Inigo and divest the non-mortgage insurance units.
August 5 -
The reverse mortgage lender's net income fell 136% from $80 million year over year in the second quarter, but still increased funded volume by 21%.
August 4 -
The market is bifurcated into those looking for affordable housing outside of metropolitan cores and high-end buyers prioritizing lifestyle. Still, both groups are looking south.
August 3 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking for the Community Reinvestment Act that would tailor requirements for smaller institutions and monitor which groups receive community development grants.
July 31 -
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh acknowledged that his limited guidance might have been a factor in rising market rates, but said whatever increased volatility can be attributed to the changes is more than offset by the benefit of a more nimble central bank.
July 29 -
Heading into this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed's core indicators are painting a different picture of the economy than real-time measures, injecting more uncertainty into Wednesday's FOMC meeting than usual.
July 28 -
So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.
July 27 -
Iran war and the AI-credit unwind signal higher-for-longer rates, wider spreads, forced cost cuts industrywide, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
July 27
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NJ Lenders suffered a cyberattack last August, which potentially exposed the names and social security numbers of about 30,000 individuals.
July 24 -
Brian Johnson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, navigated a somewhat contentious Senate Banking Committee hearing dominated by Democratic opposition but without giving away specific plans he has for the agency.
July 23 -
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on whether to confirm Brian Johnson, a former Capital One executive and deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Trump's first term to lead the agency permanently.
July 22 -
The package of banking measures will need 60 votes — including a number of Democrats — to pass the Senate on a tight time frame ahead of November's elections. But the bipartisan House vote signals that future work on the issues is possible.
July 22 -
Lenders are still sending files to their secondary market partners with missing or misplaced documents, affecting how the collateral is viewed and priced.
July 22 -
The Federal Reserve is rethinking the size and scope of its holdings. Academics and industry analysts alike say liquidity reforms will be key to the process.
July 22 -
The median down payment for a potential Gen Z homebuyer is well below the amount the three older generations are looking to make, a LendingTree study found.
July 22 -
Home values have increased 147% over the last 15 years, pushing more homeowners above the capital gains tax exemption thresholds, according to Cotality.
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