Tag: Finance

It's the first all-clear for the banking system on the first try since the stress tests have been conducted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed clears all banks on stress tests

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2017 8:53 pm

In releasing the bill, Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., said he was "particularly excited about the financial reforms, which slash harmful regulations, streamline outdated agency processes, and rein in the rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP spending bill would rein in the CFPB

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2017 8:51 pm

Fed chairwoman touted the rules that the central bank has implemented in the aftermath of the financial crisis and warned against undoing them. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Yellen: I don’t believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetimes

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Banking Committee Democrats banded together to make the case that successful stress tests are a sign that the 2010 Dodd-Frank law is working. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Banks do well on stress tests, but Senate Democrats want to keep up pressure

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2017 3:21 pm

Regulators indicated areas in which bipartisan agreement on changing Dodd-Frank rules might be possible for many banks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contours of regulatory relief push come into shape

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 11:30 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The two-part tests are conducted annually to examine the health of U.S. banks. In the first round, the simulated crisis included a global recession with unemployment spiking to 10 percent, stock markets collapsing 50 percent, housing prices dropping a quarter, and severe downturns in the U.K., Europe, and Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Banks hold up in first round of stress tests

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 8:37 pm

Today, CFPB is headed by a single director, Obama appointee Richard Cordray. Banks regulated by the bureau have chafed at Cordray's power to supervise them and write rules unilaterally. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Banks push to restructure financial regulator in must-pass spending bills

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 3:43 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The two-part tests are conducted annually to examine the health of U.S. banks. In the first round, the simulated crisis included a global recession with unemployment spiking to 10 percent, stock markets collapsing 50 percent, housing prices dropping a quarter, and severe downturns in the U.K., Europe, and Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP lawmaker: Fed chair Janet Yellen wants Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding changed

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 10:49 pm

Gov. Jerome Powell is set to recommend easing stress tests for banks and other forms of regulatory relief Thursday in testimony to the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed official to suggest regulatory relief for banks

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 9:22 pm

Hensarling said it's a "fable" that his legislation would have ended the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeb Hensarling tells bankers ending Fannie and Freddie is still the best path forward

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2017 2:05 pm

James Clinger could also excite conservatives seeking to limit the government's ability to rescue banks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump bank regulatory pick liked by banks

Joseph Lawler · June 19, 2017 11:53 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a Senate panel that, if he were king for a day, he would repeal all of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump plan gives more power to one regulator: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Joseph Lawler · June 19, 2017 4:01 am