The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.46% this week, down slightly from last week when it averaged 6.49%. A year ago, the 30-year rate was 7.23%. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.62%, down from last week when it averaged 5.66%. A year ago, the rate was 6.55%.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's next president and CEO will be economist Anna Paulson, succeeding Patrick Harker on July 1.
ABA urged the current leadership of the CFPB “to restore balance to the policy conversation about the credit card market” following several actions taken by the prior administration to weaponize the bureau against credit card services and products.
The Trump administration sent layoff notices to more than 1,500 staff at the CFPB, leaving only 200 personnel at the bureau, Fox Business reported.
The payment by the Federal Reserve of interest on bank reserves may sound like an abstruse matter of economic theory, but these payments are critical to bank operations and the Fed's conduct of monetary policy.
The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.83% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.03%.
Three House lawmakers are asking the IRS to update and expand the list of services and treatments for chronic diseases covered under employer-sponsored high-deductible health plans.
