The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council today announced the re-election of Charles Cooper as chairman of its State Liaison Committee. Cooper is the commissioner of the Texas Department of Banking. FFIEC also announced the selection of Greg Gonzales to the committee for a two-year term. Gonzales is the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions. The committee consists of five representatives of state banking and credit union agencies that supervise financial institutions
Consumer sentiment declined in October
Preliminary results show consumer sentiment decreased 1.2 points in October to 68.9, up 5.1 points from one year ago.