Daily Mortgage Rate Lock Advisory

New Residential Construction

Privately-owned housing starts in February 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000. This is 1.1 percent (+/- 15.9%)* below the revised January 2012 estimate of 706,000.

February 2012: -1.1 % change
January 2012: +3.7 % change

Tarullo, Regulatory Reform

Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Bernanke, The European Economic and Financial Situation

Testimony before the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Suzanne G. Killian, Foreclosures and the Housing Market

Testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Field Hearing, Brooklyn, New York

Bernanke, Community Banking

Speech at the At the Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention and Techworld, Nashville, Tennessee

Raskin, Accommodative Monetary Policy and Its Effects on Savers

Speech at the Y’s Men and Y’s Women of Westport, Westport, Connecticut

Bernanke, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

Testimony before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.. Chairman Bernanke presented identical remarks before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate on March 1, 2012

Duke, The Housing Market

Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Testimony by Steven B. Kamin, Director, Division of International Finance on the European financial situation

Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Bernanke, Community Banking

Speech at the Future of Community Banking Conference, sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Arlington, Virginia