Four senators yesterday re-introduced what they called the “21st Century Glass-Steagall Act,” a bill that would reintroduce barriers between commercial and investment banking. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Angus King (I-Maine), would prohibit FDIC-insured depository institutions from engaging in insurance, securities or swaps activity or to be affiliated with any such entity.
ABA DataBank: Single-family weakness drives April housing starts dip
If builders continue to scale back single-family production, construction activity and the mortgage pipeline are likely to soften. In contrast, modest annual growth in multifamily development is expected to provide some support for construction loan demand among banks.








