Homebuyers overcame one of the housing market's biggest obstacles—an imbalance in supply and demand— in March with a rebound in home sales. The National Association of Realtors reported ...
Read More »Financial Institutions Grapple With Compliance Costs
A fiercely raging debate for the last five years is whether or not the added costs imposed on businesses that must comply with increased regulations justifies the benefits of those increased regulations.
Read More »GOP Just Keeps Pushing Financial Reform
Republicans have been trying to chip away at Dodd-Frank almost since the law was enacted nearly six years ago. But lately they have made a more intense push, and they won a victory in the House of Representatives recently.
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Wednesday 4/20/2016
Investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs, is the latest financial firm to have its profits take a turn for the worse, following plummeting incomes reported from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, ...
Read More »The Pros and Cons of Proposals to End Too Big to Fail
Minneapolis Fed President and CEO Neel Kashkari believes that the largest banks are still Too Big to Fail, and he and his colleagues are exploring possible solutions.
Read More »Sen. Shelby Requests Probe of FHFA
Why is Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct further study on the activities of the Federal Housing Finance Agency?
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Tuesday 4/19/2016
Presidential candidates have been largely silent about housing policy during their campaigns, with the exception of Hillary Clinton, who laid out a comprehensive plan in February. Now Sen. ...
Read More »Bernie Sanders Fianlly Breaks Housing Policy Silence
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the second presidential candidate to address housing policy next to Hillary Clinton, who laid out her homeownership goals in February.
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Monday 4/18/2016
Trouble is quietly brewing among the largest U.S. financial institution. Recent earnings statements have shown a dip in profits due loan losses, increased reserves in the oil and ...
Read More »The Silent Crisis Among Banks
Trouble is quietly brewing among the largest U.S. financial institutions. Recent earnings statements have shown a dip in profits due loan losses, increased reserves in the oil and gas sectors, and declines in investment banking revenue and profits.
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