The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today released economic and financial market scenarios for use in its upcoming stress tests for covered institutions, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Covered institutions are required to submit the results of their company-run stress tests to the OCC by April 5 and publish those results between June 15 and July 15.
The need for small-business owners to make long-term plans is reinforced by their day-to-day worries. Respondents reported top economic stressors as the economic environment; inflation and increased costs; competition; fraud or cybersecurity threats; and obtaining funding to support...
The report includes a summary of the overall consumer compliance performance for FDIC-supervised institutions in 2024, a description of the most frequently cited violations, and an overview of consumer complaint trends. The last report was issued in spring 2024.
Included in the bill were several ABA-supported tax provisions related to banks, including a modified version of the ABA-advocated ACRE Act and the permanent extension of the Section 199A pass-through deduction rate of 20%.
New orders for manufactured goods in May, up five of the last six months, increased $48.5 billion or 8.2% to $642.0 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 3.9% April decrease. New orders for manufactured...
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $71.5 billion in May, up $11.3 billion from $60.3 billion in April, revised. The May increase in the...
Economic activity in the services sector grew in June after contracting for just one month. The Institute for Supply Management Services Index indicated expansion at 50.8%, above the 50% breakeven point for the 11th time in the last...
