Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Fed-driven bond rally stalls with yields lowest since May

Treasuries fell Friday but remained on course for a third straight weekly gain, with benchmark yields near the lowest levels since early May. Traders squared their positions to start the session, pushing yields up and snapping a five-day rally. Inflation gauges in US economic data were firmer than expected, leading traders to pare bets on […]

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Scott Warren Senate Banking

What the big, beautiful bill now has in store for the CFPB

Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, and committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Republicans can go ahead with cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding after the Senate parliamentarian approved nearly halving the amount that the bureau can draw from the Fed’s total operating budget.  Last week,

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Fannie Mae’s new AI-powered crime detection unit: The Pulte/Palantir project

Fannie Mae has launched an AI-powered Crime Detection Unit in partnership with Palantir Technologies to achieve what FHFA/Fannie/Freddie chief Bill Pulte has called “something big on mortgage fraud.” Fannie Mae we all know is the grande dame of American Housing. Less known is Palantir Technologies. It describes itself as “bringing the right data to the

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