New orders for manufactured durable goods increased $3.7 billion in February to $277.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its most recent advance report. The increase followed a 6.9% January decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.5%. Excluding defense, new orders increased 2.2%. Transportation equipment led the increase, $2.9 billion or 3.3% to $90.4 billion.
ABA, associations urge appeals court to reverse debit card interchange fee ruling
A recent court ruling imposing a new interpretation of the Federal Reserve’s standard for setting debit card interchange fees would be “extraordinarily harmful and needlessly disruptive to the diverse set of stakeholders in the debit card market —...










