Weekly Infobyte: Consumers Say Policymakers Have Made It More Difficult for Banks to Lend

If Texas were an independent country, its economy would rank as the world's eighth-largest. "France is seventh, and I don't think it'll take as much time at all to catch them," laughs TBA Chairman Ron Butler.

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.06% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.38%.

While the Trump administration’s concern about affordability is commendable, a proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates would hurt the very people the president is seeking to help, American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols told...

Federal Home Loan Bank advances are “strongly associated” with higher lending across banks and credit unions, particularly following the 2008 financial crisis, according to new research by the Urban Institute.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) delayed a scheduled committee vote on cryptocurrency market structure legislation. Banking advocates have sent more than 10,000 letters to Senate offices in recent days calling on Congress to use the bill...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing to rescind three rules allowing the use of disparate impact in determining Fair Housing Act violations.