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Sales Of Existing US Residences Hit Record High In 2020

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The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said on Friday (Jan. 22) that existing-home sales increased in December, while home sales for last year reached their highest point since 2006, according to a press release. The median existing-home price for all kinds of dwellings in December was $309,800, marking a 12.9

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Three Small US Banks Collapse Over Past Month

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1 when City National Bank of New Jersey closed its three branches with assets of about $120.6 Last year was the first time since 2006 that not one U.S. recorded its fourth bank failure this year — the first collapse of financial institutions since 2017, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ( FDIC ).

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US Government Policy On SMB Lending In Flux

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Carranza has a history at the SBA, serving as its deputy administrator between 2006 and 2009. At the time, the legislation garnered support from the American Bankers Association and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions. ” said Trump in a tweet announcing the nomination, according to Reuters.

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US Average FICO Score Hits 700: A Milestone for Consumers

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FICO regularly tracks the national FICO Score distribution as an important gauge of US consumer credit behavior. US consumers continued to show improvement in managing their debts, which began shortly after the bottoming out of the economy in 2009-2010. The general trend in US consumer credit behavior is positive.

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Sizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle

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Toys R Us: Toys Were Us? But we think the winner of the fizzle of the week top spot has some serious consequences for all of us. It is well below that of 2006, when that same figure hit 558,000 – and still trailing the 500K-600K that was the average in the U.S The proof, according to economists, is in the numbers.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 4: Counterproliferation

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North Korea has been silently ramping up their nuclear capabilities for years despite increasingly tough comprehensive United Nations sanctions in place since 2006 that have banned most of the country’s exports and severely limited its imports. In early 2019 Syria used chlorine gas against its own nationals.

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US Credit Quality Rising … The Beat Goes On

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When I last blogged about the national distribution of FICO® Scores a year ago , US consumer credit quality was continuing to climb upwards, though with some potential indications of change ahead. To round out our picture of US credit health, we examined trends in consumer repayment and delinquency. as of April 2016.

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