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Posted Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Nonbank mortgage activity and the use of automated tools in lending decisions are among the main focal points in the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) annual report summarizing key vulnerabilities in the financial system and recommendations for mitigating risks, as well as the council’s activities in 2023. Regulators commented on the need for FSOC to have more tools to help stem emerging financial stability risks. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
As the Federal Reserve announced for the sixth straight month that interest rates will remain unchanged, the agency signaled its plans to shift its approach to tackling inflation. This will entail reducing the amount of Treasury securities held on its balance sheet through a process commonly referred to as quantitative tightening.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell offered a detailed explanation of the decision, and Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Michael Fratantoni commented on the implications. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, May 3, 2024
The U.S. banking system made it through the first quarter of 2024 without a single bank failure, which is good news after a year in which there was at least one failure per quarter. On April 26, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Republic First Bank as the first institution to fail this year.
Fulton Bank, National Association of Lancaster, Pa., absorbed all assets and branches previously belonging to the Philadelphia-based regional bank. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) released a report detailing how the agency would manage the orderly resolution of a large, complex financial company under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act. FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg touted the report as “the most comprehensive explanation to date of how the FDIC expects to utilize those authorities.” Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, April 12, 2024
Industry organizations hoping for the long-anticipated interest rate cuts to be approved by the Federal Reserve this spring or early summer may have to wait longer than expected, based on minutes released from the Federal Open MIndustry organizations hoping for the long-anticipated interest rate cuts to be approved by the Federal Reserve this spring or early summer may have to wait longer than expected, based on minutes released from the Federal Open Market Committee’s March meeting. arket Committee’s March meeting. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Economists are increasingly confident that the first federal funds rate cut since 2020 could happen as flowers are blooming in the late spring and early summer. This aligns with what Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Michael Fratantoni suggested during October Research’s 2024 Economic Forecast webinar in January. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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Federal Reserve’s 2024 hypothetical stress test scenarios are the first to incorporate
elements the agency is studying as part of its “exploratory analysis” of the
banking system. The analysis is distinct from the stress test but will
complement it by offering aggregate results tested against different economic
and financial conditions. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
The Federal Reserve recently entered into a written agreement with Peoples-Marion Bancorp, Inc. Through a partnership with the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (KDFI), the Fed ordered the company to address multiple deficiencies related to the institution’s safety and soundness and remediating apparent legal and/or regulatory violations. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, February 23, 2024
The financial industry is pushing back against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s proposed updates to corporate governance guidelines aimed at preventing bank failures like those in spring 2023. The guidelines would apply to banks with more than $10 billion in assets. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced its efforts to provide relief to consumers victimized by an illegal student loan debt-relief operation. Learn more about this matter, as well as what new information the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has to share in its latest update on the ongoing independent investigation into its workplace culture, along with news from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Federal Reserve. Read on »
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