Retail and food service sales for May were $703.1 billion, up 0.1% from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in its advance estimate. Sales were up 2.3% from a year ago. Excluding automobiles and gasoline, sales were up 0.1% from the previous month and up 2.6% from last year.
ABA supports HUD proposal to remove disparate impact from Fair Housing Act rule
ABA expressed support for a HUD proposal to rescind the use of disparate impact in determining Fair Housing Act violations, saying the rule in question did not provide clarity “and has been the subject of an unhelpful back-and-forth...










