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The Fed: Powell Faces Tough Test Wednesday As Market Is Uneasy With His Recent Communication
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will try not to make many waves and stick to a “on-hold” policy posture at his press conf... Read more
Americas Homeownership Rate Didnt Budge In The First Quarter — Should You Be Concerned?
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The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest housing and homeownership data. Read more
Economic Report: Economy Grows 3.2% In First Quarter, GDP Shows, In Report Showing Strength As Well As Short-term Boosts
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Sharp upturn in state and local government spending helps the U.S. economy accelerate to a 3.2% annual rate in the first... Read more
Home Buyers Are Flocking To The Exurbs, But Are They Making Risky Purchases?
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Roughly decade ago, the exurbs were ground zero for the housing crisis. Today, they’re hotter than ever. Read more
Economic Report: Feds Beige Book Reports Slight-to-moderate Growth Despite Strengthening In A Few Regions
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Economic activity continued at a slight-to-moderate pace in March and early April with a few districts reporting some st... Read more
Is Trumps Tax Law Helping Or Hurting The Housing Market?
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A New York Federal Reserve study suggests tax reform has contributed to the housing industry’s recent woes, but other ... Read more
The Fed: One Chart Shows How Much The Fed Tightened Financial Conditions — And How Far It Still Could Go
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The trend toward less accommodative financial market conditions has reversed this year, as the Fed moved to the sideline... Read more
Mortgages? Big Banks May Be Throwing In The Towel
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Big banks are increasingly coming to a reckoning that making mortgages is no longer the best business to be in, if earni... Read more
Earnings Outlook: Risk Of An Earnings Recession Rises, As S&P 500 Profits To Fall For First Time In 3 Years
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Investors should brace themselves for the first negative print for S&P 500 earnings in nearly three years and for th... Read more
Natural Disasters Can Hurt Peoples Credit Scores For Years Afterward
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Floods and hurricanes widen income inequality, the authors of a new report argue. Read more
Where Next For Infrastructure Trusts And The 'nationalisation Debate'?
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As Brexit uncertainty continues to cloud British politics, and hints of a snap General Election abound, analysts have w... Read more
The Fed: Libor, The Most Important Number In Finance, Gets A Second Chance At Life
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Libor, the benchmark interest rates for adjustable rate mortgages, was supposed to go away at the end of 2021. Now maybe... Read more
Outside The Box: These Risk-taking Mortgage Lenders Could Trigger The Next Housing Crisis
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Giving non-bank lenders guaranteed access to capital safeguards the entire banking system, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more
Economic Report: Consumers Continue To Borrow At Steady Rate In February
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Consumers showed no sign of pulling back in February as borrowing increased $15.2 billion, the Federal Reserve reported ... Read more
Capitol Report: Senate Confirms Mark Calabria As Head Of Fannie, Freddie Regulator
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Mark Calabria was confirmed to take the reins of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Thursday and serve as regulator to F... Read more
The Fed: White Houses Kudlow Calls For Fed To Immediately Make Half-point Cut — And Then Walks It Back A Bit
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The White House ramped up the political pressure on the Federal Reserve Friday as top economic adviser Larry Kudlow call... Read more
Economic Report: Mortgage Rates Plunge At The Fastest Pace In A Decade As Growth Fears Resurface
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Rates for home loans tumbled in the wake of a more-dovish-than-expected Federal Reserve meeting which sent investors pil... Read more
The Fed: Heres How One FOMC Member Says The Fed Can Stop Contributing To Income Inequality
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St. Louis Fed President James Bullard argued in a blog post Thursday the best way for the central bank to avoid fosterin... Read more
Capitol Report: White House Keeps Option Of Going Alone On Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Privatization
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But to the extent there was news in the Trump memo on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it was the undercurrent that the White... Read more
The Fed: Feds Daly Says Globalization Is A Key Reason Why Inflation Is So Low
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San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Tuesday globalization is keeping workers and businesses from raising prices. ... Read more
