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- President Obama’s latest deficit reduction plan, which the White House plans to roll out next week, “will leave out changes to Social Security.” [Wall Street Journal]
- According to new data from RealtyTrac, “default notices sent to delinquent U.S. homeowners surged 33 percent in August from the previous month, a sign that lenders are speeding up the foreclosure process after almost a year of delays.” [Bloomberg]
- The Labor Department has ordered Bank of America to “pay $930,000 to an employee who uncovered fraud at Countrywide Financial Corp. and was fired in violation of whistleblower protections.” [Bloomberg]
- House Republicans yesterday moved ahead “with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government operating though mid-November and provide upward of $3.65 billion in short-term federal assistance to replenish strained disaster reserves.” Senate Democrats have been pushing for significantly more disaster aid. [Politico]
- “Sitting on massive piles of cash and searching for investments that promise decent returns,” U.S. banks have been making riskier loans. [Wall Street Journal]
- According to the latest data from the College Board, “SAT reading scores for graduating high school seniors this year reached the lowest point in nearly four decades, reflecting a steady decline in performance in that subject on the college admissions test.” [Washington Post]
- Mega-manufacturer Boeing “is not endorsing a House Republican bill limiting the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) powers, even though the company’s dispute with the agency provoked the legislation.” [The Hill]
- A Senate subcommittee yesterday approved “a boost in funding for the nation’s financial market regulators overseeing the implementation of the Dodd-Frank act.” The House has, thus far, been unwilling to appropriate funds to implement Dodd-Frank. [The Hill]
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