New home sales increased in September

Democrats took a majority of seats in the House and Senate, flipping party control of both chambers, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s midterm elections.

First Mid Bancshares to buy Evergreen Bancshares in Missouri. First Community Bankshares to buy Main Street Financial Services in Ohio. Texas Community Bancshares to buy the Banc of San Jacinto County Bancshares in Texas.

Construction spending in September was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,186.1 billion, 1.9% below the revised August estimate of $2,227.4 billion, according to the Census Bureau.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in October for the 10th consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management said in its most recent ISM Manufacturing PMI Report.

During the third quarter, banks reported that lending standards for commercial and industrial loans to large and middle-market firms were basically unchanged, while standards tightened for C&I loans to small firms, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior...

The FDIC released guidance with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Indiana and the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota affected by severe storms.