The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is announcing $23 million in funding for the fiscal year 2017 Bank Enterprise Awards, which encourage banks to increase their investments and loans in disadvantaged communities. The BEA program is the only program to which CDFI banks have had regular access in recent years. The first deadline in the application process for BEA funds is Nov. 16 and the final application deadline is Nov. 30.
Consumer sentiment falls in October
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index decreased 3.7% in October compared to the month prior, landing at 46.3, according to preliminary results for the month.








