Tag: Federal Reserve

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn speak about President Trump's economic plans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why the national deficit is bad for you

Tom Rogan · June 30, 2017 5:23 pm

Washington's most powerful special interest group is Congress itself, and its members are more than happy to reach across the aisle when their personal interests are on the line. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CBO: Budget deficit to rise to $693 billion

Joseph Lawler · June 29, 2017 6:00 pm

It's the first all-clear for the banking system on the first try since the stress tests have been conducted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed clears all banks on stress tests

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2017 8:53 pm

In releasing the bill, Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., said he was "particularly excited about the financial reforms, which slash harmful regulations, streamline outdated agency processes, and rein in the rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP spending bill would rein in the CFPB

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2017 8:51 pm

Fed chairwoman touted the rules that the central bank has implemented in the aftermath of the financial crisis and warned against undoing them. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Yellen: I don’t believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetimes

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Banking Committee Democrats banded together to make the case that successful stress tests are a sign that the 2010 Dodd-Frank law is working. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Banks do well on stress tests, but Senate Democrats want to keep up pressure

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2017 3:21 pm

Regulators indicated areas in which bipartisan agreement on changing Dodd-Frank rules might be possible for many banks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contours of regulatory relief push come into shape

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 11:30 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The two-part tests are conducted annually to examine the health of U.S. banks. In the first round, the simulated crisis included a global recession with unemployment spiking to 10 percent, stock markets collapsing 50 percent, housing prices dropping a quarter, and severe downturns in the U.K., Europe, and Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Banks hold up in first round of stress tests

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 8:37 pm

Forecasters in the private sector had expected jobless claims to drift down slightly to 246,000. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims tick up, but are still very low at 241,000

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 12:32 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The two-part tests are conducted annually to examine the health of U.S. banks. In the first round, the simulated crisis included a global recession with unemployment spiking to 10 percent, stock markets collapsing 50 percent, housing prices dropping a quarter, and severe downturns in the U.K., Europe, and Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP lawmaker: Fed chair Janet Yellen wants Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding changed

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 10:49 pm

Gov. Jerome Powell is set to recommend easing stress tests for banks and other forms of regulatory relief Thursday in testimony to the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed official to suggest regulatory relief for banks

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 9:22 pm

Janet Yellen’s Very Bad Week

Irwin M. Stelzer · June 17, 2017 6:22 pm