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Calls for “reform” in times of high liquidity ignore the scalability of the system, and the need to have it around in times of trouble.

The Senate voted 80-19 Thursday to confirm Powell to the top spot on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He joins Philip Jefferson, who was confirmed by the Senate to serve on the board Wednesday night, and Lisa Cook, who was confirmed Tuesday night.

But growing worries about a possible recession may also end up playing a role in their direction over the coming weeks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is hiring more enforcement attorneys, building out its capacity for data collection related to fair-lending exams.

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is tapping the investment-grade market with a bond sale in as many as six parts to help finance its acquisition of the fintech.

The vote was 51-50 in favor, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie as opposition by Republicans continued.

Lorie Logan manages the Fed’s System Open Market Account and played key roles in the central bank’s crisis responses in 2020 and 2008. She replaces Robert Kaplan, who resigned amid a stock trading scandal last fall.

A 5% surge in purchase applications drove up overall activity, while average loan amounts also increased across all categories.

Forecasting that it will not turn a profit in the 2022 fiscal year, the company plans to make job cuts, suspend dividends and introduce new products.

Roughly 24,000 people had new foreclosures listed on their credit reports in the first quarter, up from about 9,000 three months earlier, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report says. States are trying to cushion the blow on homeowners now that many pandemic-related federal protections have ended.

Embattled online mortgage lender Better is turning to a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. consumer-banking veteran to help it pursue a public listing just as rising interest rates pressure the business already reeling from a slew of personnel missteps.

In its semiannual supervision and regulation report, the central bank cited strong balance sheets and liquidity but found risks for smaller banks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed more actions against redlining and discriminatory practices in 2021 and is skeptical that that predictive analytics will reduce bias.

The moves were widely anticipated, with the markets already pricing them in, as the central bank attempts to get the upper hand on record-setting inflation.

The Federal Reserve delivered the biggest hike in interest rates since 2000 and announced it would start shrinking its massive balance sheet next month, deploying the most aggressive tightening of monetary policy in decades to combat soaring inflation.

Purchase numbers came in higher for both conventional and government activity, while the average loan amount shows signs of easing.

Stocks wavered while bonds fell as investors braced for the biggest Federal Reserve hike since 2000 and awaited more clues on how aggressively the central bank will tackle inflation.

But the recent spike has contributed to a noticeable downturn in purchase demand, according to Freddie Mac.

The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank last quarter for the first time since 2020 as the trade deficit ballooned, adding to political headaches for President Joe Biden but unlikely to sway the Federal Reserve from hiking interest rates aggressively to combat inflation.

The size of their returns during the past decade belie their negative yields so far this year.