Tag: Finance

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Washington.

How far inflation has fallen since its peak — and how much further it has to go

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2023 8:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The International Trade Commission is the silent assassin of American progress

W. Bruce DelValle · April 29, 2023 6:00 am

A customer exits Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, March 13, 2023. The federal government intervened Sunday to secure funds for depositors to withdraw from Silicon Valley Bank after the bank's collapse. Dozens of individuals waited in line outside the bank to withdraw funds.

SVB collapse: Fed says it failed to ‘take forceful enough action’

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2023 4:06 pm

Homeless people camping in downtown in Los Angeles.

It’s not easy being green: Reverse ATMs are on the rise amid declining cash use

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2023 3:01 pm

A customer purchases cannabis products at the Housing Works Cannabis Co., New York's first legal cannabis dispensary, on Dec. 29, 2022, in New York. New York authorities would be given expanded power to shut down illegal pot shops and to levy fines of up to $200,000 under legislation proposed Wednesday, March 22, 2023, by Gov. Kathy Hochul to protect the state's fledgling legal recreational marijuana market.

Bipartisan group introduces bill to clear banks to work with cannabis retailers

Brady Knox · April 27, 2023 8:59 pm

A stock photo is shown with old Social Security cards and $100 bills.

Social Security update: Direct payment worth $914 arriving in seven days

Jack Birle · April 24, 2023 10:14 pm

A law enforcement official, behind, stands in an entryway to a Silicon Valley Bank branch location, Monday, March 13, 2023, as customers and bystanders line up outside the bank, in Wellesley, Mass.

Beltway Confidential

Who stopped the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank?

Norbert Michel · April 24, 2023 2:43 pm

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington.

Yellen and regulators propose tighter oversight over nonbank financial firms

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2023 4:56 pm

Rep. Andy Barr.

Andy Barr introduces bill to prevent banks from cutting off guns, crypto, and oil

Zach Halaschak · April 20, 2023 8:20 pm

Community and Family

Marriage earning parity reveals happiness gap for mothers

Breccan F. Thies · April 18, 2023 5:00 am

Tax Day 2023: Why the deadline falls on Tuesday this year

Jack Birle · April 17, 2023 5:00 pm

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Congress, reassert your constitutional authority over trade

Claude Barfield · April 17, 2023 1:58 pm