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Urban Institute

Washington, D.C. nonprofit research organization analyzing economic and social policy, including health coverage, taxes, housing and household finances.

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investOne report1 publisher

A flat 250% risk weight on servicing assets could send mortgage lenders shopping for banks

Proposed Basel III changes would replace the mortgage servicing asset deduction with a flat 250% risk weight, American Banker reports. Servicing-heavy nonbank lenders could find a bank charter more attractive, but approval takes years and is not guaranteed.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence55
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Trump plan would give communities with many traditional nuclear families a 10 percent transit funding boost, Vox reports

Transportation Department would give communities with high marriage and fertility rates a 10% transit funding boost, Vox reports. Vox's writer argues the criteria could cost the transit-reliant families they appear to favor.

Publishers:vox.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence40
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Self-funded employer plans gain members as Marsh projects the largest cost rise since 2003

Self-funded employer plans added 1.1 million members in the year to June as the ACA individual market shrank 17.2 percent, Mark Farrah Associates data show. That growth meets Marsh's projection of an 8.2 percent rise in 2027 benefit costs, the largest since 2003.

Publishers:hcamag.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption35
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
investConfirmed3 publishers

More than half of Gen Z investors moved investing money into sports bets that lose every month

Fifty-two percent of Gen Z investors moved money meant for investing into sports betting in the past year, a Betterment survey of 1,000 investors found. Bank of America's payment data puts what every generation recovers from sportsbooks each month below 75 cents on the dollar, so the diverted cash is a running cost.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 7%
Operator
Operator 22%
Investor
Investor 71%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption50
Hype gap+30
Incentives55
Confidence60
investOne report1 publisher

Delta and Wells Fargo match $1,000 of the $2,500 an employer may put in a Trump Account

The federal seed pays only when a guardian opens the account, so the employers now matching it have budgeted a per-child cost whose real size depends on how many of their own workers file the paperwork.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption38
Hype gap+20
Incentives62
Confidence45
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Elder care is billing employers through their most expensive employees

Business Insider's reporting reads as family finance, but the hours and the six-figure bills come out of mid-career and late-career payrolls, and no employer in the account carries a line for it.

Reality

Evidence44
Adoption41
Hype gap+17
Incentives36
Confidence50