Tag: Finance

Trump revamping use of credit scores for home loans

Joseph Lawler · July 17, 2018 4:00 am

Noting that Congress is set for recess in the coming days, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a letter Saturday to congressional leaders of both parties: "I implore you to use this critical window of opportunity" to approve emergency funding.

Federal judge says hedge funds can sue over Puerto Rico debt

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2018 2:29 pm

A pedestrian enters BlackRock Park Avenue Plaza in New York.

BlackRock’s Fink warns US ‘trade friction’ is undercutting economy

Daniel Strauss · July 16, 2018 2:12 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, file photo, a customer uses an ATM outside a Wells Fargo branch in Charlotte, N.C. Newly appointed Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan told employees Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, that he is "sorry for the pain" that the bank's employees have suffered as a result of the company's sales practices scandal.

Big banks launch new trade group

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2018 1:36 pm

Wall Street firms mine profit from Trump’s market-rattling trade war

James Langford · July 16, 2018 8:29 am

A customer gets stamps at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2011.

Postal banking faces challenges, but is more plausible than you’d think

Mark Curry · July 16, 2018 4:00 am

Jeb Hensarling re-issued a call to allow the export credit agency to expire when its charter runs out in June. [AP Photo]

House sets vote next week on major financial regulation reform package

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2018 3:11 am

Wall Street clients are worrying about the fallout from President Trump's escalating trade disputes, but many aren't yet ready to delay capital investment.

Wall Street still sees Trump trade war as risk, not economic reality

Joe Williams, James Langford · July 13, 2018 8:55 pm

Help wanted signs hang below menus at a restaurant in the Newport section of Jersey City, N.J., on May 2, 2018.

Labor force still has room to grow, Fed says

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2018 3:58 pm

Wells Fargo’s consumer revenue slides amid scandal’s lingering shadow

Daniel Strauss · July 13, 2018 12:59 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington.

Powell: Fed still hasn’t reached goal for inflation

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2018 6:51 pm

An earnings report from JPMorgan Chase, the first of the major Wall Street firms to report quarterly performance, will give investors a glimpse into the impact of President Trump's trade dispute on financial markets.

JPMorgan earnings will show Trump trade war’s impact on Wall Street

James Langford · July 12, 2018 6:32 pm