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- Senate Republicans are threatening to obstruct President Obama’s nominees to the Federal Reserve as retribution for the recess appointments to other agencies he announced yesterday. [Wall Street Journal]
- The recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally gives that agency the ability to regulate non-banks such as payday lenders and debt collectors. [New York Times]
- The nation’s apartment-vacancy rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2001. [Wall Street Journal]
- The Federal Reserve yesterday offered lawmakers ideas on how to aid the housing market, warning that lack of action will hurt the recovery. [Financial Times]
- Analysts expect corporate bankruptcies to double in 2012. [CNN Money]
- About one-third of first-time homebuyers in 2011 got either a gift or a loan from their family to help finance the purchase. [Reuters]
- President Obama plans to unveil a summer jobs initiative today. [The Hill}
- Corporate icon Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy. [Reuters]
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