Housing starts increased in December

Industrial production increased 0.7% in January from the previous month, the Federal Reserve reported. The January figure was up 2.3% from a year prior.

New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased $4.6 billion or 1.4% in December 2025 to $319.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its most recent advance report.

The Treasury Department announced it will soon release six resources to enable “secure and resilient” artificial intelligence across the U.S. financial system.

Since 2011, the CFPB has cost consumers between $237-$369 billion as financial institutions were forced to pass on their increased compliance and liability expenses to customers, the White House Council of Economic Advisers said in a new report.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is proposing several revisions to its supervisory appeals process, including the creation of a new board to review appeals.

Homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell one point to 36 in February, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.