The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
OPINION: DOGE Is Right To Defang the CFPB
With a big tech-powered magnifying glass on federal websites, spending contracts, and government payment systems, Elon Musk’s ...
Implications Of A U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund
Effectively, it's a government-run hedge fund that invests in assets like stocks, bonds, real estate, and infrastructure.
Elizabeth Warren's Hubris Allowed Trump To Defund the CFPB
Instead of isolating the CFPB from Congress' budget-making authority, Warren and former President Barack Obama made it easier ...
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Powell backs leverage ratio update, Treasury market reform
During congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he supports changes to the supplemental leverage ...
FX daily: Is a Euro re-rating underway?
Frankly, it's hard to see such optimism coming through for the euro today. Growth remains poor, the fiscal cavalry remains in its barracks and the ECB may well be cutting by another 100bp this year to ...
Could Shutting Down the CFPB Severely Dent Small Businesses’ Access to Capital?
Shuttering the agency would be a death knell to the CFPB’s small-business data collection rule, which is meant to enforce equality in lending to the nation’s entrepreneurs.
Is there anyone in government Trump can’t fire? Why Humphrey’s Executor may be in peril at the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s purge at independent agencies is putting a target on a nearly 100-year-old Supreme Court precedent that protects certain officials from the political whims of the White House.
Key takeaways from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional hearing
The US central bank is in no rush to slash interest rates any time soon, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers ...
Why testimony from Fed's Powell matters for investors
When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kicks off two days of testimony before Congress on Tuesday, a focus for investors ...
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WATCH: Powell says Fed ‘well positioned’ for ‘risks and uncertainties’ that lie ahead for economy
After cutting its key rate a full percentage point in the final three months of last year, with "the economy remaining strong ...
Powell says Fed not 'in a hurry' to cut interest rates with 'economy remaining strong'
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will tell the Senate banking committee the Fed isn't "in a hurry" to resume its interest ...