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After a strong holiday shopping season, many consumers are now hitting the stores again — this time to return their purchases. Consumers spent $257.8 billion online between…

Freddie Mac is updating its guidelines to include explicit language requiring mortgage companies to establish a clear artificial intelligence framework governing the technology’s internal use. The new…

Key insight: Bessent says Trump policies boost Treasury market, lower borrowing costsSupporting data: Treasury returns are up 6% this yearForward look: Treasury to keep auctions steady,…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has “effectively disband[ed]” the Biden-era interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity initiative, the federal housing agency announced late Thursday.The…

The Federal Reserve joined other bank regulators in formally ending several Biden-era crypto policies on Thursday. The Federal Reserve Board rescinded two supervisory letters, one from 2022…

A Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Washington, DC, March 26, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Social Security Administration is adjusting the timeline and…

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business Monetary Policy Forum in New York, US, on…

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the … [+] White House on January 20, 2025 in…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,”…

The backdrop should be reassuring for many investors: A lively bull market, pro-business policies promised by the Trump administration and a Federal Reserve close to pulling…