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4 in 5 local pharmacies can’t find enough workers to deliver prescriptions and run the cash register, according to an industry report

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Summary List Placement Local pharmacies in the US are scrambling to find workers amid the labor shortage hitting industries, according to the country’s largest organization of independent pharmacy owners. Four in five pharmacies are struggling to recruit enough workers to deliver prescriptions, handle patients, and run the cash register, according to a report by the […]

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Ally Bank is eliminating overdraft fees, which disproportionately affect poor households and people of color (ALLY)

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Summary List Placement Ally Bank, the largest digital bank in the US, announced Wednesday that it would eliminate overdraft fees on all accounts. All Ally customers are eligible and “there are no requirements or restrictions,” the firm said in a press release.  “This is a significant advancement for consumers as we live out our mission […]

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Jen Psaki downplays the prospect of a 4th stimulus check, saying Biden has already proposed his best economic recovery plan

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Summary List Placement The White House downplayed the prospect of a fourth stimulus payment on Thursday, saying that President Joe Biden has already unveiled what he believes is his best possible economic recovery plan. “He’s happy to hear from a range of ideas on what would be most effective and what’s most important to the […]

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Profit margin decline suggests mortgage bonanza is waning

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Independent mortgage banks (IMB) and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks saw an average net profit of $3,361 on each loan they originated in the first quarter of 2021, down from a reported gain of $3,738 per loan in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The average pre-tax […]

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Mortgage rates rise but stay sub-3%

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Fickle mortgage rates rose once again last week, this time four basis points to an average of 2.99%, according to Thursday data from Freddie Mac‘s PMMS. However, despite fluctuating sub-3% mortgage rates, borrowers are still competing in a supply strained and overheated market. “Home prices continue to accelerate while inventory remains low and new home construction cannot […]

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Businesses are struggling to find workers and experts are raising the alarm over a ‘labor shortage.’ But there are clear reasons to think the job crunch is only a short-term problem.

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Summary List Placement Until recently, enthusiasm was building in the economic recovery. But a series of dark clouds have come together all at once to darken the outlook for the US economy and they all point to one thing: inflation.  The most hotly debated topic is the question of the labor market. The weak April […]

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US weekly jobless claims tumble to new pandemic-era low of 385,000

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Summary List Placement The number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance sank to another pandemic-era low last week as the labor market’s recovery charged forward. Jobless claims totaled an unadjusted 385,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for 387,000 initial claims. The count marks a […]

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GOP states cutting $300 unemployment benefits early will cost local economies $12 billion because people will have less money to spend, a bipartisan congressional committee said

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Summary List Placement States choosing to end the supplemental $300-a-week unemployment benefit early could cost local economies more than $12 billion, according to a report by the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee published on Wednesday. Cutting the benefit early could ultimately hamper economic recovery from the coronavirus because people would have less money to spend, the […]

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Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal explains why there’s ‘no obvious solution’ for our never-ending supply chain predicament

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Summary List Placement Hello Modes readers! Here is my full conversation with Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal. You probably know him as @TheStalwart on Twitter or as the co-host of Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast. I was excited when Joe accepted my offer to get on the phone and talk about trucking and non-trucking topics. Here’s our conversation. Beer is bad Rachel: […]

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An educational agency backed by Betsy DeVos just lost recognition for reportedly signing off on a fake college

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Summary List Placement The Education Department on Wednesday cancelled its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools (ACICS) for approving a school that reportedly has no faculty or students, but received federal funds anyway. USA Today conducted an investigation last year that found that although approved by ACICS, Reagan National University in South […]

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Stimulus checks spurred nearly 50% declines in pandemic-era food shortages and financial worries, study shows

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Summary List Placement New analysis suggests that relief payments included in Congress’s sweeping stimulus were highly effective at supporting Americans and easing various stresses through the pandemic. The pandemic-era stimulus checks weren’t the first instance of the government issuing relief payments, but the amount of cash sent directly to Americans over the past year is […]

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High-end home sales still rising in California, Florida

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Home sales on properties labeled as “expensive” or “high-end” have skyrocketed in California’s Bay Area, Miami and Las Vegas in 2021, and overall purchases of high-end homes in the country jumped 26% year over year during the three months ending April 30, according to a recent study from Redfin. “Affordable” and “mid-priced” home purchases rose […]

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A new Senate ruling provides Democrats an opening to evade GOP filibusters and approve some bills themselves — but only in cases like an economic downturn

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Summary List Placement A new ruling from the Senate parliamentarian could pose a roadblock for President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion economic agenda and Democrats attempting to evade a Republican filibuster as they push ahead with major spending plans on health, education, and childcare. A ruling issued last Friday from Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough said there […]

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Fewer people are submitting mortgage applications

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Mortgage applications dropped for the second straight week, this time down 4% for the week ending May 28, 2021, according the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s weekly mortgage applications survey. This week’s data was compared to mortgage applications from the week of Memorial Day in 2020. The overall housing index hit its lowest point since February, said Joel Kan, […]

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We visited a pop-up vaccine clinic in a New York neighborhood that was once a COVID-19 hotspot. Some residents say they’re having trouble taking off work to get the shot, while others still don’t trust the city’s commitment to the community.

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Summary List Placement Leaders at Sunnyside Community Services, a non-profit center that serves neighborhoods in Queens, New York City, are well aware of the devastating toll COVID-19 has had on their community. The coronavirus disease had killed more Queens residents than any other borough as of March 2020, when New York City became an epicenter […]

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The US labor shortage is ‘national economic emergency’ getting worse by the day, the Chamber of Commerce said. In some states, there are more job vacancies than available workers.

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Summary List Placement The current US labor shortage, which is hitting industries from education and healthcare to hospitality and ride-hailing apps, is holding back the nation’s economic recovery from the pandemic, the US Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday. In some states and some industries, there are fewer available workers than there are vacancies, according to […]

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Forbearance re-entries making life difficult for servicers

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Servicers’ forbearance portfolio volumes managed to drop one basis point last week to 4.18%, the 13th consecutive week of declines. However, some unfortunate trends are beginning to crystalize. Despite declines for nearly every investor type, last week’s positive numbers were offset by an 11 basis point jump in forbearance share for portfolio loans and private […]

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Most millennial homeowners regret buying their home, survey finds

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Summary List Placement Millennial homeowners are having buyer’s remorse. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of millennials regret buying their home, a new Bankrate survey that polled 1,400-plus homeowners found. Just over 20% cited expensive maintenance costs as the reason why, while 13% said it’s because they overpaid.  Those reasons come as no surprise in today’s cutthroat housing […]

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2021 Rising Star Matt Jones: Reshaping the mortgage industry

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Biden’s infrastructure and family plans probably won’t pass until the fall, Goldman Sachs says

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Summary List Placement President Joe Biden’s infrastructure- and family-focused spending plans will become law, just not in their current form, Goldman Sachs economists said Friday. With stimulus in the rear-view mirror and the country on the mend, the White House has shifted its focus to long-term investments in the economy. Democrats and Republicans continue to […]

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Biden’s Education Department will make it easier to monitor student loan servicers by rescinding a Trump-era policy

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Summary List Placement Richard Cordray, the head the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), is remaining committed to helping student loan borrowers through new issued guidance that would enhance oversight of student loan servicers. On Friday, Cordray — former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and an ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren […]

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Global growth will hit a 5-decade high in 2021 on vaccine-powered rebound, OECD says in upgraded forecast

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Summary List Placement Economic recoveries are improving around the world, but the global rebound remains massively uneven, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a new report. The OECD revised its estimate for global gross domestic product higher on Monday, citing unprecedented policy support and the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. Output is now […]

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Biden announces a new plan to narrow the racial wealth gap, including $100 billion more in federal contracts to small businesses and rules to end housing discrimination

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Summary List Placement President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday announced new measures designed to narrow the racial wealth gap and build wealth in Black communities. The plan would help combat discrimination in the housing market, and grow the number of federal contracts given to small, disadvantaged businesses by 50% over the next five years — […]

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Investing legend Bill Gross says the Fed risks sinking the dollar if it persists with its ultra-easy policies

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Summary List Placement Billionaire investor Bill Gross wrote in a Financial Times op-ed on Tuesday that the Federal Reserve could risk sinking the dollar if it continues to support accommodative monetary policies for too long.  “I suspect that $5 trillion spending programmes and the Fed’s current package of near zero per cent short-term rates and […]

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Restaurants are hiking prices because of labor shortages, higher wages, and rising costs of staple foods. One owner said he was paying 50% more for ribs than normal, and double for cooking oil.

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Summary List Placement Small restaurant owners have hiked the prices of some menu items due, in part, to a severe shortage of workers, Fox Business reports.  Restaurants have struggled to attract workers since they reopened, with many people demanding higher wages. Some owners have passed the cost of these wages onto customers, Fox reported.   […]

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HousingWire Magazine: June 2021

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Brena NathHW+ Managing Editor This issue marks my first issue overseeing the magazine with a cover photoshoot, and wow, Matt Jones, who is portrayed on the cover, really set the bar high when it comes to what it means to be a Rising Star. He formerly served as senior counsel for the Senate Committee on […]

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The US economy is set to grow at the fastest pace since 1984 thanks to stimulus and the rapid vaccine rollout, the OECD said

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Summary List Placement The US economy is set to grow at the fastest rate since 1984 this year thanks to government stimulus and the speedy rollout of coronavirus vaccines, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said. In its latest economic outlook, the OECD group of rich countries said US gross domestic product […]

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New York City is back

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Summary List Placement I knew New York City was back when I found myself dancing on top of a booth in an East Village bar last weekend. The night began with dinner out and ended with another bargoer’s drink on my shoe, eating pizza on the street, and an invitation from a six-pack-wielding stranger for […]

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The CEO of $1.3 billion cybersecurity startup Arctic Wolf moved the company’s headquarters from Silicon Valley to Minnesota to capitalize on its affordability, talent pool, and work culture

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Summary List Placement The same day that cybersecurity startup Arctic Wolf announced that it had been valued at $1.3 billion, it also said that it was moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Minnesota. When it made the announcement in October 2020, it joined dozens of other companies that have moved out of California over […]

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23 Republican governors are refusing to extend pandemic unemployment benefits. An economist explains why that’s terrible for the economy.

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Summary List Placement According to Google Trends, searches including the words “labor shortage” have skyrocketed in the United States over the past month. The term first began to spread on social media in April, when people shared photos of handmade signs at fast food restaurants apologizing for slow service and complaining that “no one wants […]

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Trump appointees have been left furious after being asked to ‘immediately’ pay thousands of dollars in deferred payroll taxes, which they thought would be forgiven

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Summary List Placement Some staffers from President Donald Trump’s administration have reportedly seen their tax bills spike as they’re being asked to pay payroll taxes deferred by the president. Politico reported that members of Trump’s administration have reportedly been receiving letters asking them to pay Social Security taxes that were deferred, with at least one […]

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The role of compliance in digital mortgages

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Imagine wanting to build software in the mortgage industry. You spend your time visualizing the problem your technology plans to solve, but after researching the industry, you realize that when it comes to building mortgage technology, you’re not just building an application. You actually have to take the proper steps to make sure it gets […]

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Biden’s $6 trillion budget dropped key campaign promises on student debt cancellation and healthcare reform

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Summary List Placement President Joe Biden officially unveiled his first budget proposal on Friday, which requests $6 trillion for fiscal year 2022 to largely help fund his two-part infrastructure plan. But several issues he promised during his campaign to reform are noticeably missing from this budget. The budget outlines spending focused on climate change, education, […]

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Pandemic stimulus, cyber threats, pulling out of Afghanistan, and more: Biden’s budget for the next fiscal year might break all the records

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Summary List Placement Hello! This story is from today’s edition of Morning Brew, an awesome daily email publication read by 2.5 million next-generation leaders like you. Sign up here to get it! This morning, President Biden will send Congress a jumbo-sized $6 trillion budget for FY2022, the NYT reported yesterday. If it passes, federal spending will eclipse […]

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New York City restaurants are being crushed by the current labor shortage and may take months to get enough staff, Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer said

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Summary List Placement New York City restaurants are being crushed by the US’ current labor shortage — and it could take months for them to reach proper staffing levels, restaurateur Danny Meyer told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Wednesday. “Nobody can hire back all of their workers even if they wanted to because many of our workers […]