Fixed income

A fresh wave of volatility threatens the battered U.S. Treasury market — and this time it’s all thanks to the Federal Reserve’s ambitious bid to shrink its $9 trillion balance sheet just as it raises interest rates.

New research shows that young Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home of their own. The co-author of a series of reports will delve into discoveries around the factors why.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he supports raising interest rates by a full percentage point by the start of July — including the first half-point hike since 2000 — in response to the hottest inflation in four decades.

The selloff worsened after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting showed officials considering earlier and faster interest-rate increases than expected.

Treasury yields rose a second day amid increasing conviction that the Federal Reserve will raise rates at least three times beginning in May.

Rising inflation and moves by the Federal Reserve are expected to fuel interest rate growth into 2022.

Kind Lending founder Gary Stearns told the National Association of Mortgage Brokers that the wholesale channel always feels the pain first in a slowdown and that changes were coming to the industry after a remarkable run, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The company's expanded portfolio through its acquisition spree drove revenue, representatives said.

The gain on sale in the retail channel dropped by more than half annually, as the wholesale and joint venture channel endured an even tighter squeeze due to competitive pressures

Less than a year after a Series C capital raise, the title insurer formerly known as States Title is about to complete a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.