ISM Manufacturing contracts in February

In related news, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from firing more than 4,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, including staff at the Treasury Department, which houses the CDFI Fund.

Most of the 12 Federal Reserve districts reported relatively little change in economic activity since September, according to the Fed's Beige Book report.

Banking regulators reiterated that there is no supervisory or Bank Secrecy Act requirement that financial institutions conduct a review of a customer or account after the institution has filed a suspicious activity report, and there is no requirement...

The FDIC will allow private equity firms and other nonbanks to bid on failed banks to soften the blow to the DIF after an institution’s closure. The agency is also drafting a proposal to revise its large bank...

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined two points in September to 98.8, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

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