February 2026

Fed’s Schmid says restrictive rates needed to cool inflation

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said the US central bank should hold rates at a “somewhat restrictive” level, as he expressed continued concerns over inflation that remains too high. Processing Content “In my view, further rate cuts risk allowing high inflation to persist even longer,” Schmid said Wednesday in prepared remarks […]

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Fannie Mae g-fee gains outweighed by loss provisions, valuations

Fannie Mae’s net interest income from its core business rose during the fourth quarter, but its net earnings fell due largely to loan-loss provision adjustments and interest rate-related negative valuation changes. Processing Content The government-sponsored enterprise earned $3.5 billion and generated nearly $7.3 billion net interest income during the fourth quarter of 2025.  In comparison,

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BankThink on AI easing home price crisis

AI will ease the home-price crisis, if state lawmakers let it

The federal government should step in to prevent an emerging patchwork of state regulations from stifling the benefits of applying the tools of generative artificial intelligence to the mortgage market, writes Leah Price, of the Tinman AI Platform.Adobe Stock The federal government in December took the first steps toward steamrolling any potential bottlenecks that states

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