Why would the Fed loosen mortgage regulations?

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• The Fed wants to ease regulations that caused many banks to stop making home loans

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  After the Great Recession, banks were required to hold a certain amount of capital to specifically cover mortgages. Banks backed away from mortgages as a result.

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• Lack of federal support means vaccine makers are investing less in R&D

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Under the Trump administration, the government has rescinded research funding, changed vaccine recommendations, and refused to review Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine. That could set vaccine research and development back for years.

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• For home builders, a "skeptical optimism" amid elevated interest rates and construction costs

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Here’s how home builders in Texas, Georgia and Michigan feel about where the housing market is headed.

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• The Numbers

  by Amy Scott

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• DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and VHS tapes are cool again

  by Nova Safo

  

  “Subscription fatigue,” frustration with streaming content changes, and a desire to collect rare finds are all boosting old-school physical media.

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• At a shrimp farm in Indiana, rising shipping costs are the biggest barrier to business

  by Sofia Terenzio

  

  Karlanea Brown, co-owner of RDM Aquaculture in Fowler, Indiana, talks about the business of raising and selling shrimp.

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