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SBA: 2025 Annual Report Released

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting the historic Year One results of the agency under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. The report documents the SBA’s return to its statutory mission of strengthening small businesses and driving economic growth, and a reversal in course following…

ABA: New Research Finds that Proposed 10% Credit Card Rate Cap Would Result in Up to 159 Million Americans Losing Access to Credit

New data from credit card issuers accounting for roughly 75% of the market shows that a proposed 10% federal credit card interest rate cap would significantly reduce access to credit for millions of consumers nationwide, and even those with good credit scores who pay their bills on time will be affected by the rate cap.  The…

CFPB: FY 2024 Annual Performance Report Issued

This FY 2024 Performance Report is required under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 and represents the work of the prior leadership under former Director Chopra and President Biden. The FY 2024 Annual Performance Report summarizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) progress in implementing the strategies and achieving the goals and objectives developed…

CFPB: 2025 Private Education Ombudsman Report on Complaints Released

The 2025 Private Education Loan Ombudsman Annual report analyzes complaints from the prior award year (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025) and notes an increase in untimely responses to complaints, as well as an increase in complaints referencing fraud or scams.  The report’s recommendations include coordinating inter-agency efforts to target frauds and scammers, inter-agency…

Census Bureau: Webinar Scheduled for January 22nd on Release of 2020-2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates

The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a prerelease webinar about the 2020-2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 1 p.m. ET. The webinar will explain how to access ACS data and give tips on comparing geographies and statistics over time. The ACS provides a wide range of statistics about the nation’s people and housing,…

HUD: Financial Report Finds Billions in Potential Payment Errors During 2024

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner released HUD’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Agency Financial Report (AFR) to Congress, which detailed significant misuse of taxpayer funds under the Biden administration including potential payment errors totaling more than $5 billion. For the first time ever, HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) used advanced…

FHFA: House Price Index Up 0.4 Percent in October 2025; Up 1.7 Percent from Last Year

U.S. house prices rose 0.4 percent in October, according to the U.S. Federal Housing (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices rose 1.7 percent from October 2024 to October 2025. The previously reported 0.0 percent price change in September was revised downward to a 0.1 percent decline.  For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly…

CFPB: Annual Report of Consumer and Credit Reporting Complaints Issued

An analysis of complaint responses by Equifax, Experian, TransUnion Pursuant to Section 611(e)(5) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), this report summarizes information gathered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding certain consumer complaints transmitted by the CFPB to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. FULL REPORT Read the full report 

CFPB: 2025 College Credit Card Agreements Report Issued

The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (“CARD Act” or “Act”) requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) to submit to Congress, and to make available to the public, an annual report that lists information submitted to the Bureau concerning agreements between credit card issuers and institutions of higher education or certain organizations…

CFPB: Seventh Biennial Review of Consumer Credit Card Market Report Issued

This report represents the CFPB’s seventh biennial review of the consumer credit card market as directed by the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. In this report, we analyze data from several sources to examine many aspects of the consumer credit card market as of the end of 2024. We revisit topics…