Tag: Finance

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the Economic Club of Washington luncheon in D.C.

Fed keeps interest rate target near zero as labor market sputters

Jay Heflin · July 29, 2020 6:00 pm

Ron Johnson suspects revival of past political attacks on him an effort to ‘silence’ Hunter Biden investigation

Kerry Picket · July 29, 2020 1:47 pm

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, as the Senate is preparing to roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place after the financial crisis that rocked the U.S. a decade ago. Several Democrats facing tough re-elections this fall are joining solid Republican backing of an effort to alter some key aspects of the Dodd-Frank law.

Ten years after Dodd-Frank, supporters say the law has helped banks weather the coronavirus

Nihal Krishan · July 21, 2020 8:18 pm

This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form for 2018 in New York.

Beltway Confidential

An updated credit scoring model better positions us for economic recovery

Gerard Scimeca · July 16, 2020 2:13 pm

Megabank's chief said the financial system is safer now and said "too big to fail" has been solved. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for JPMorgan Chase/AP Images)

Big banks stockpile billions in reserves for bumpy road ahead, causing earnings to plummet

Nihal Krishan · July 14, 2020 5:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

HSBC suffers a hard reeducation under the Chinese communist leash

Tom Rogan · June 16, 2020 7:37 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, a Morgan Stanley billboard is displayed in Times Square, New York. Morgan Stanley will report first quarter earnings later Thursday April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Morgan Stanley’s former diversity chief files discrimination lawsuit against firm

Mike Brest · June 16, 2020 5:30 pm

Beltway Confidential

Please don’t buy Hertz’s bankrupt stock

Jason Orestes · June 15, 2020 7:27 pm

National Security

US sanctions Iranian official it says ordered lethal force against demonstrators in November protests

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2020 7:24 pm

Anthony Maggert and former Secretary of State Colin Powell pose for a photo.

Jerome Powell pledges that emergency lending programs will be running by end of May

Jay Heflin · May 19, 2020 4:00 pm

A security officer walks past the Department of Justice in D.C.

Justice Department subpoenas banks as part of investigation into potential abuse: Report

Anthony Leonardi · May 16, 2020 4:18 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. The Federal Reserve cut rates for the third time this year.

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell opposes negative rates despite Trump entreaties

Jay Heflin · May 13, 2020 10:28 am