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A collection of bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum tokens. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, chaired by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has set up a working group on cryptocurrencies. The group comprising top federal regulators would examine the potential for speculation on cryptocurrencies to hurt consumers and for the digital currencies to be used for illicit purposes.(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
Economy

Regulating bitcoin? Federal oversight council sets up group to study cryptocurrencies

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Average loss rates on credit card accounts at three of the largest U.S. banks, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup, may have reached 2.46 percent in the three months through December. (iStock)
Business

US banks buoy reserves as credit card debt hits $1.02 trillion record

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Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, suggested that Trump Fed chairman nominee Jerome Powell is likely to formally begin re-examining the Fed's target this year and that there
Economy

Ben Bernanke predicts Fed will discuss changing inflation target in 2019

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President Trump signed the GOP's $1.5 trillion tax cut bill on Dec. 22. The new law lets firms bring overseas earnings back to the U.S. without a penalty once they pay a one-time levy and reduces the top tax rate to 21 percent. (Mike Theiler/Pool via Bloomberg)
Business

Cash windfall from Trump’s tax law may fuel corporate dealmaking boom

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In recently released transcripts, Jerome Powell, President Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve (pictured above), expressed skepticism about major stimulus programs and listened to business executives and hedge fund managers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Business

3 clues about Trump’s Fed nominee, Jerome Powell

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Forecasters had expected around 190,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Economy

Economy adds 148,000 jobs in December, unemployment steady at 4.1 percent

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A least a few members of the Federal Reserve system said at the December monetary policy meeting that they were interested in studying alternatives to the Fed's current regime. (iStock)
Economy

Fed members seek historic shift in money supply

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Minutes released from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday from their Dec. 12-13 meeting stated that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and other officials expected
Beltway Confidential

The Federal Reserve debate about tax cuts is hand-waving and nothing more

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The Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee approved a 25 basis-point interest rate hike in December. In the midst of this, the KBW Bank Index rose 0.5 percent in New York trading on Wednesday, the largest gain since passage of Republican tax reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Business

US bank stocks rise as Fed reinforces rate-hike projections

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Minutes released from the Dec. 12-13 meeting of the Federal Reserve Board state that Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other Fed officials anticipated
Economy

Fed members debated how much tax cuts would boost economy at December meeting

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