Business inventories in April came in at $2.55 trillion, up 0.3% from the month prior and up 1% from a year ago, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments were $1.86 trillion, up 0.3% from the month prior and up 2.2% from a year ago.
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the second consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
ABA said that while it supports an OCC proposal to raise the threshold for which its heightened supervisory standards apply to banks, the agency should instead consider rescinding the policy.
Roughly half of U.S. bank customers choose their bank primarily because they trust its security, and two in three would consider switching institutions after a serious data breach at their bank, according to a new survey by IT...
FinCEN provided tailored exemptive relief for banks related to a geographic targeting order imposing reporting requirements on financial institutions in Hennepin and Ramsey counties in Minnesota.
ABA joined six financial sector associations in alerting members of Congress to the practices of the debt settlement industry, “which typically misleads millions of Americans into financial jeopardy with false promises of a quick way to negotiate existing...
Construction spending during December 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.17 trillion, which was 0.3% above the previous month’s estimate of $2.16 trillion
