Sweeping plan imposes higher duties on “worst offenders” and is in addition to 25 percent tariff on foreign automobiles slated to take effect April 3.
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Surprise Fed move takes some pressure off of mortgage rates
Central bank dials back Treasury rolloffs but is not ready to cut short-term interest rates, as Fed policymakers indicate they’re more worried about inflation than they were in December.
Fed pauses rate cuts, continues mortgage ‘quantitative tightening’
Trump wants lower rates. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s not spoken to the President, and that “we don’t need to be in a hurry to adjust the policy stance.”
ICE on a signing spree for new ‘mortgage tech ecosystem’
In pursuit of a bigger slice of an estimated $14 billion market after Black Knight acquisition, Intercontinental Exchange signs 37 new Encompass clients and four new servicing clients.
‘The vibe is pretty good’ as first earnings season of 2024 kicks off
Ahead of Q4 earnings this week and next, analysts are narrowing in on the future — and pleased by lower rates and a healthier economy as it rebounds from the final months of 2023.
Black Knight ready to spin off Empower, Optimal Blue businesses
To win approval from antitrust regulators for its merger with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Black Knight will sell two businesses to subsidiaries of Canadian-based software giant Constellation Software next month.
ICE’s Black Knight acquisition nears resolution of antitrust issues
“Significant progress” in Federal Trade Commission negotiations have been reported since Black Knight’s Empower loan origination system and Optimal Blue division were cut from the deal.