The U.S. Senate approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development on a party-line vote Tuesday. Andrew Hughes, a former HUD official who most recently had been serving as chief of staff to department Secretary Scott Turner, was confirmed by a vote of 51-44. All Republicans voiced […]
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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg UPDATE: This article includes a quote from Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent. Inflation rose modestly last month, signaling that the U.S. economy might be feeling the effects of elevated tariffs. The Consumer Price Index increased 0.1% in May, bringing the year-over-year inflation rate to 2.4%. The monthly increase was less than the 0.2%
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Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in 2023.Bloomberg News The former Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Tuesday said she is concerned that the current push to deregulate banks could lead to a calamity in the financial system down the road. Bair, speaking before the Brookings Institution Tuesday, expressed concern
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Bloomberg News Cara Petersen, the principal deputy enforcement director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has resigned from the agency, stating in an email to staff that the bureau’s leadership under the Trump administration has “no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way.” On Tuesday, Petersen sent an email to the CFPB’s enforcement
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. As the Trump Administration looks for cost savings at HUD and FHFA, they are learning that things that seem easy to achieve on the surface can be far more complex in practice. After the relatively easy task of headcount reductions, for example,
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Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., in sponsoring a forthcoming bill that would allow the Federal Housing Finance Agency to set executive compensation rules for leaders at the Federal Home Loan banks.Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., are introducing a bill that would allow the
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Mortgage companies could soon find it easier to sell the many single-family loans with interest-rate buydowns into the Ginnie Mae market as it plans to soon exempt custom pools from a recently added restriction. Ginnie, which guarantees securitizations of mortgages that other public entities back at the loan level, said it is updating temporary rules
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been an effective watchdog for consumers, and its secure, independent funding is key to its effectiveness. That’s why a new proposal from the Senate Banking Committee for the massive budget bill now quickly moving through Congress (H.R. 1) to eliminate this source of funding for the Consumer Bureau is
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Trump administration is eyeing revisions and a possible rescission to a number of rules governing the mortgage industry. The consumer watchdog sent five rules to the Office of Management and Budget for review on June 4. Rules on the queue include the Loan Originator Compensation Requirements under the
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman, who was confirmed as the central bank’s next vice chair for supervision this week.Bloomberg News Bank ratings, examination practices and capital requirements are all poised for reforms under the Federal Reserve’s new chief regulator. In her first speech since being confirmed as Fed vice chair for supervision, Michelle Bowman outlined
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