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Banking and finance

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Respondents in the Eleventh District financial sector were given an opportunity to comment on current issues that may be affecting their business.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Respondents in the Eleventh District financial sector were given an opportunity to comment on current issues that may be affecting their business.

  • Highly indebted FHA borrowers at special risk as COVID-19 forbearance ends

    The situation appears most urgent for those borrowers who entered the crisis with a high debt load and little room to financially navigate without forbearance.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Respondents in the Eleventh District financial sector were given an opportunity to comment on current issues that may be affecting their business.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Many financial institutions are participating in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), launched on April 3, 2020. For this survey, respondents were asked to answer the questions excluding PPP loans.

  • Southwest Economy

    COVID-19, oil price collapse dimming outlook for banks in 2020

    Eleventh District banks face challenges from instability in the energy sector and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • CARES Act likely to blunt mortgage delinquency rate increase

    Household survey data and recent unemployment forecasts provide a basis for estimating the share of mortgage borrowers that—absent the CARES Act—would have missed a mortgage payment due to the economic shutdown.

  • How falling oil prices in early 2020 weakened the U.S. economy

    The benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price of oil dropped by more than half from Jan. 21 to April 3. This oil price decline has weakened rather than strengthened the U.S. economy, making this event different from past episodes of falling oil prices.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    The Eleventh District financial sector continued to show signs of strain, according to respondents to the most recent Banking Conditions Survey.

  • Economic Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    The Eleventh District financial sector is showing signs of strain, according to respondents to the most recent Banking Conditions Survey.