Tag: Finance

Community banks complain that they have had to hire more compliance officers than loan officers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Bankers push back on White House defense of Dodd-Frank

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2016 10:05 pm

In a 13-page analaysis released Wednesday, Obama's Council of Economic Advisers concluded that "community banks have recovered strongly from the financial crisis and have remained healthy in recent years as Dodd-Frank financial reforms have been implemented." (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

White House rejects one of the key arguments for changing Dodd-Frank

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2016 1:56 pm

Industry says rules could raise compliance costs and threaten businesses, especially small businesses. (iStock Photo)

Debt collectors worry about new reg from consumer bureau

Joseph Lawler · August 1, 2016 4:01 am

The homeownership rate fell from 63.5 percent in the first quarter to 62.9 percent in the second, tied for the lowest level since early 1965, when records were first kept. (AP Photo)

Homeownership rate falls to lowest on record

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2016 3:24 pm

Richard Cordray justified the latest regulatory push on the grounds that debt-collection problems are among consumers' most frequent complaints. (AP Photo)

Obama consumer bureau targets debt collectors

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2016 4:01 am

Daniel Tarullo said that "if markets do regard economic prospects as only modest or moderate going forward, then raising short-term rates is almost surely going to flatten the yield curve." (AP Photo)

Fed rate hike didn’t ease financial pressures

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2016 4:01 am

Richard Berner, the director of the Office of Financial Research, told reporters Monday that the Brexit fallout "introduces months or years of uncertainty about the rules governing the U.K.'s investment, financing and trade relations with Europe and the rest of the world." (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Feds warn of three key risks facing financial system

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2016 6:44 pm

With Fed Chair Janet Yellen constantly putting off rate increases, no one can be sure what will happen in the fall — even if the jobs reports for July and August are as rosy as the 287,000 June jobs increase. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why the Fed should raise rates

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · July 25, 2016 4:03 am

Financial regulator is proposing to require energy companies include climate change in disclosure filings. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, FILE)

Energy and Environment

Refiners protest SEC’s move into climate policy

John Siciliano · July 22, 2016 4:08 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the economy's resilience is proof Dodd-Frank "without question" works. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Treasury: Brexit response shows Dodd-Frank is working

Joseph Lawler · July 21, 2016 2:59 pm

"Today's action sanctions senior al Qaeda operatives responsible for moving money and weapons across the Middle East," said Adam Szubin, acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. (Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News)

National Security

Treasury Department sanctions Iran-based terrorists

David Wilkes · July 20, 2016 5:45 pm

Lawmakers want "cooling off" period extended and an exception to a repayment rule removed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Payday loan rules need fixing, Senate Democrats tell consumer bureau

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2016 5:25 pm