Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Fed Inflation Warning

Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Fed Inflation Warning

A stern warning from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that taming inflation “requires using our tools forcefully” even if that brings “some pain to households and businesses” sent stock prices tumbling Friday, but had surprisingly little impact on long-term interest rates.

Powell’s remarks at the annual Jackson Hole central banking conference in Wyoming raised the odds that the Fed will

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Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Board Finds SD Governor Abused Power For Daughter’s Real

Gov. Kristi Noem (Getty)

A state ethics board found enough evidence to take “appropriate action” against the South Dakota governor who intervened in her daughter’s application to become a real estate appraiser.

Three retired judges that comprise South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board found that Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when her daughter, Kassidy Peters, was granted a

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