Mortgage rates slip

The Treasury Department announced a joint effort with Mexico to target several Mexico-based gambling establishments involved in alleged cartel-related money laundering and other criminal activities.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board published an accounting standards update that improves the accounting for purchased loans, according to a statement from the standard-setting body.

The House voted in favor of a Senate deal to reopen the government, ending a shutdown that began on Oct. 1.

Federal law enforcement agencies announced the formation of an interagency “strike force” to target Southeast Asian cryptocurrency-related investment scams and confidence schemes.

The U.S. Mint held a ceremony where U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the final circulating penny, ending 232 years of penny production.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in January on whether to overturn a lower court order barring President Trump from removing Governor Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board.