RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following economic brief (No. 25-35) in September 2025 by Borys Grochulski and Zhu Wang entitled "How Exclusive Homebuyer Representation Contracts Help Keep Commissions High". Here are excerpts: * * * Key Takeaways * Real estate agents use exclusive buyer representation contracts to capture homebuyers and thus limit outside options of home sellers. * With outside options severely limited, home sellers   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) titled 'Evaluating Child Care and Early Education Policies,' authored by Annie Davis Schoch, highlights the importance of evaluating policies to ensure they are helping families. The document, OPRE Report #2025-008, was issued in January 2025 and states that while federal, state, and local policies can improve the child care and early education (CCEE) landscape, evaluation is needed to underst  more