Tariffs

In a speech at the American Bankers Association Washington Summit Wednesday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed economic risks from tariffs, floated capital reforms and urged regulatory relief for community banks.

Industry experts with a reputation for making strong bets offer some picks and predictions for mortgage investment in a volatile market.

Federal Reserve officials want to see how exactly new trade policies impact the U.S. economy before adjusting interest rates. Markets and monetarists have different ideas about what that might look like.

From reduced demand for auto loans to a slowdown in mergers and acquisitions, here's some of the new trade war's potential fallout for lenders.

Lumber retains protections for now, but construction stocks still fell, and while the initial market reaction lowered rates, there could later be a reversal.

The impact of tariff policy on the mortgage-backed securities market is likely to surface first in the cost of new housing construction.

Steel, aluminum, and automobiles already subject to Trump's duties will not face reciprocal tariffs. Lumber products expected to soon be hit with a tariff investigation will also be exempt.

With focus turning to increased domestic production, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans to launch a new lumber futures trading exchange in late March.

The morning after President Donald Trump addressed corporate America in Washington, one of the nation's top chief executives called on him for more policy certainty.

With views of current finances among the poorest Americans already near the lowest in 14 years, tariffs are set to add more pressure by making many everyday items even pricier.