Reports
We study how consumers interact with financial products and services to help identify potential problems in the marketplace and achieve better outcomes for all. Review our reports and analyses to help inform your decisions, policies, and practices. And, see reports that we periodically prepare about the CFPB.
Data point: Mortgage trends
This Bureau Data Point article describes 2020 mortgage market activity and trends using data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).
Independent Performance Audit of CFPB Operations and Budget
To meet the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB must order an independent performance audit for FY 2012.
2012 Annual Report to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
Section 1017(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Act gives the Bureau a statutory responsibility to present this report.
Semi-Annual Report to the President and Congress
The CFPB is the nation’s first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection.
Plain Writing Act compliance report 2012
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 promotes “clear Government communication that the public can understand and use”.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report 2012
The Bureau is pleased to submit to Congress its first annual report summarizing its activities to administer the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, during...
Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Bureau is the nation's first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection. In fulfillment of its statutory responsibility and its...
Financial Report of the CFPB – Fiscal Year 2011
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB prepared financial statements for fiscal year 2011.
Financial audit: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s fiscal year 2011 financial statements
Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, referred to as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, created the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB).
Independent Performance Audit of CFPB Operations and Budget
To meet the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB must order an independent performance audit for FY 2011, and complete the report by October 15, 2011.
Developing our human capital
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) requires the CFPB to submit this report annually to Congress.
Building the CFPB
Beginning in 2007, the United States faced the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression.