The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proposed to eliminate the EEO-1 reporting requirement for the annual submission of demographic data on employees. The agency said it estimates the EEO-1 data collection imposes $275 million in annual costs on covered...
A proposed accounting standards update on derivatives and hedging would remove unnecessary constraints on the latter, thereby better aligning financial reporting with institutions’ risk management activities, ABA said in a letter to FASB.
The average U.S. credit card spend rose $109 since last year, reflecting financial strength for some customers and mounting financial pressure for others, according to JD Power’s 2026 U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study.
Pending home sales in July decreased by 2.3% month-over-month and 2.2% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Industrial production and manufacturing production each grew 0.2% in July after growing 0.3% in June, according to the Federal Reserve.
Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.239 million, which was 12.4% below the revised June estimate and 13.5% below the July 2025 rate.
