Politics

Markets are beginning to price in a higher federal funds rate target as Federal Reserve officials hint at more restrictive policies to tamp down inflation.

The threshold for the obligation has been lowered to 25 closed-end mortgage loans originated in each of the two preceding calendar years, according to a bulletin published on the OCC's website.

The Federal Reserve Chair urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling, warning the impacts of not doing so could go beyond the central bank's ability to mitigate.

The group, led by Senate Banking Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, said nonperforming loans sold to single family housing rental businesses or private equity firms results in the displacement of homeowners.

The Keystone State's housing finance agency will take over distribution of the federal aid following news reports that alleged the response times of the vendor handling payments have been excessively slow.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.,  Roger Marshall,  R-Kan., and John Kennedy, R-La., asked Silvergate if the bank knew about FTX's alleged misuse of customer funds.

The relief previously only available to people with COVID-19 hardships has been opened up to all borrowers with imminent defaults, including non-occupants.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data-access rule could create an uneven playing field because banks and credit unions are examined by regulators but hundreds of nonbank fintechs are not.

Repo markets and the bank deposit business, in particular, would be upended if the U.S. were to default on its debt, experts say.

Alanna McCargo, president of the housing agency, is fulfilling her pledge to halve the waiting time for reperforming loans.

Since new policies were implemented following findings of improper influence by employees, some have neglected reporting, but corrective actions still met their intended goal because students and recent grads disclosed ties.

Its "enhanced" oversight procedures now include a multilayered review process and if discriminatory bias is confirmed, an appraiser "will be subject to removal," the department said

The Federal Reserve's quantitative-tightening program risks being propelled toward an early end as U.S. politicians bicker in Washington over raising the national debt limit, according to some economists and bond market participants.

Working appraisers say government efforts to curb discrimination are pressuring them to inflate values, putting banks and borrowers at risk.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the Federal Reserve has a long runway for its balance sheet reduction.

The action fulfills a promise made previously by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to add an overarching framework for maintaining equitable practices.

Both Silvergate and Signature banks, two of the most active crypto counterparties in the banking sector, received advances from the quasi-governmental lenders to offset falling deposits.

Fannie Mae has selected five organizations to share in a $5 million pilot program aimed at expanding and promoting affordable housing and Black homeownership.

Greater scrutiny of nonsolicitation clauses and a higher burden for poaching lawsuits is expected, a handful of attorneys said.

Higher conforming loan limits for Fannie and Freddie, a review of the FHLB system and revised multifamily lending goals are among the recent FHFA developments.