Personal income increased 0.3%, or $75.1 billion, in July, the Commerce Department said today. The personal savings rate—a percentage of disposable personal income—was 2.9%. Meanwhile, personal consumption expenditures increased 0.5%, or $103.8 billion.
The CFPB announced it will vacate an existing settlement with the Chicago-based lender Townstone Financial over alleged redlining.
FinCEN issued an alert for financial institutions on bulk cash smuggling and repatriation by Mexico-based transnational criminal organizations. It also issued an advisory on reporting suspicious activity related to the terrorist organization ISIS.
U.S. manufacturing activity contracted in March after two consecutive months of expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said.
Construction spending in February was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.19 trillion, 0.7% above the revised January estimate, the Commerce Department said
Among the deals announced were proposed bank acquisitions in Oklahoma and Tennessee and the merger of two Massachusetts mutuals.
The CFPB does not have the authority to prohibit contractual provisions in agreements for consumer financial products or services that waive “substantive” consumer legal rights and protections, so it should rescind a proposed rule attempting to do just...
