Tag: Finance

Beltway Confidential

Want to help the economy? Fix the marijuana banking mess

Erin Dunne · September 6, 2018 9:37 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell chairs an open meeting in Washington.

Tariffs may trump 2 percent inflation in Fed’s December rate-hike debate

James Langford · August 31, 2018 7:30 pm

President Trump gestures before speaking during a discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Aug. 29, 2018, in Washington.

Trump considers indexing capital gains to inflation, a potential win for investors

Robert Donachie · August 30, 2018 9:10 pm

Top student loan official resigns, says White House has ‘abandoned’ consumers

Caitlin Yilek · August 27, 2018 3:23 pm

Trump says U.S. stock markets would crash if he were impeached.

Trump’s impeachment will cause a market crash? Don’t bet on it

James Langford · August 23, 2018 7:10 pm

President Donald Trump signs a Presidential Memorandum on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington.

GOP senators urge Treasury to remove Iran from key financial network

Joe Williams · August 23, 2018 4:55 pm

Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Kraninger, a little-known official who has worked for the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) since March 2017, is poised to succeed her boss Mick Mulvaney as director of the CFPB.

Senate advances Trump’s contentious pick to oversee mortgages, credit cards, payday loans

Joseph Lawler · August 23, 2018 2:26 pm

Big banks and city treasurers win as financial regulators ease key rule

Joseph Lawler · August 22, 2018 8:54 pm

In this May 10, 2018, file photo, stock screens are shown at the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks reach new all-time high, despite Trump’s trade threats and Fed criticisms

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2018 9:22 pm

President Trump speaks during an event to salute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 20, 2018.

Trump weighs in against Fed’s rate hikes, says he’s ‘not thrilled’

Joseph Lawler · August 20, 2018 8:52 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort, seated right row second from right, together with his lawyers, the jury, seated left, and the U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, back center, listening to Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye.

Jury deliberations in Manafort trial continue to next week

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2018 9:12 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018.

Prosecution blasts Paul Manafort’s ‘lies’ in closing remarks to federal jury

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 15, 2018 5:05 pm