Tag: Finance

Jeb Hensarling re-issued a call to allow the export credit agency to expire when its charter runs out in June. [AP Photo]

House sets vote next week on major financial regulation reform package

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2018 3:11 am

Wall Street clients are worrying about the fallout from President Trump's escalating trade disputes, but many aren't yet ready to delay capital investment.

Wall Street still sees Trump trade war as risk, not economic reality

Joe Williams, James Langford · July 13, 2018 8:55 pm

Help wanted signs hang below menus at a restaurant in the Newport section of Jersey City, N.J., on May 2, 2018.

Labor force still has room to grow, Fed says

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2018 3:58 pm

Wells Fargo’s consumer revenue slides amid scandal’s lingering shadow

Daniel Strauss · July 13, 2018 12:59 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington.

Powell: Fed still hasn’t reached goal for inflation

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2018 6:51 pm

An earnings report from JPMorgan Chase, the first of the major Wall Street firms to report quarterly performance, will give investors a glimpse into the impact of President Trump's trade dispute on financial markets.

JPMorgan earnings will show Trump trade war’s impact on Wall Street

James Langford · July 12, 2018 6:32 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin talks with reporters about trade with China outside of the White House, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Washington.

Mnuchin rebukes Fannie and Freddie, aims for reform next year

Joseph Lawler · July 12, 2018 5:36 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney listens during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Mick Mulvaney elevates former House aide to deputy role at CFPB

Joseph Lawler · July 9, 2018 10:36 pm

Inn this June 6, 2018, photo, Senior White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Inflation is complicated, but Larry Kudlow gets it

Bruce Yandle · July 9, 2018 7:37 pm

Leandra English (pictured left) who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, suffered an initial loss Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly refused a restraining order that would allow her to oust rival acting director claimant Mick Mulvaney (who was appointed by President Trump). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama holdover drops legal claim to take over Trump’s CFPB

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2018 7:57 pm

This photo shows the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C.

Banks get first wave of regulatory relief from Trump-signed law

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2018 7:15 pm

Customers walk back to their vehicles after shopping at a Toys R Us store.

Bernie Sanders asks if private equity owners ‘deliberately’ killed Toys ‘R’ Us

Joseph Lawler · July 5, 2018 8:22 pm