The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas today named Robert Kaplan as its next president and CEO. Kaplan, who takes office on Sept. 8, is a former investment banker and vice chairman at Goldman Sachs. Since 2006, he has been a management professor and executive at Harvard Business School, where he authored several books on leadership. He is also co-chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Kaplan will succeed Richard Fisher, who retired in March after 10 years leading the Dallas Fed.
Pending home sales fell in December
Pending home sales in December dropped 9.3% from the prior month and 3% year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors. There were 1.18 million homes on the market.









