Tag: Finance

Conflicts of interest in the industry, with brokers steering clients into inappropriate high-fee investment products in return for kickbacks, cost savers $17 billion annually, the Obama White House calculated.

Financial industry targets Obama regulation as it goes into effect

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

Six in 10 people say the economy has improved under President Trump, and 38 percent give him some credit for it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump zeroing in on candidates for Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 8:51 pm

Republicans have sought to cast their legislation as relief for community banks as Democrats have argued that they are doing the work of Wall Street and inviting higher risks of another financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ryan: Vote on GOP bill will end bank bailouts

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 3:35 pm

The stress tests involve projecting how banks' balance sheets would hold up in a hypothetical financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Bank stress tests coming in late June, Fed says

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 6:27 pm

Low inflation, high corporate borrowing and "quite lax" underwriting on auto loans are causes for concern, Lael Brainard said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed governor: No ‘flashing red’ signs of financial bubbles

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 5:51 pm

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, sponsored the Financial CHOICE Act, which would roll back some of the biggest regulatory burdens of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Dodd-Frank is a mess. Fix broken banking laws with the CHOICE Act

Christine Harbin · May 30, 2017 3:14 pm

The version of the bill that the House will vote on will not include a provision to repeal debit card fees passed as part of Dodd-Frank. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Dodd-Frank replacement heads to House floor after Memorial Day break

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2017 9:18 pm

House Financial Services Committee Democrats sought the information because Trump's business reportedly owed Deutsche Bank $300 million before he took office. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Democrats press Deutsche Bank for info on Trump ties to Russia

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 3:19 pm

"It regrettably appears Obama-era bureaucrats in the Department of Labor may have been allowed to overrule President Trump's wishes." (AP)

Hensarling suggests Obama holdouts overruled Trump on conflicts-of-interest rule

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 10:17 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta won't delay the Obama administration's rule on investment conflicts of interest any longer, despite pressure from congressional Republicans who oppose it.

Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta won’t delay Obama investment rule opposed by GOP

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 12:46 pm

While business success is attractive to Republican voters and is considered a sign of organizational ability, overseeing tax reform takes other skills.

Shahira Knight: Washington insider pushing Trump’s tax plan

Joseph Lawler · May 22, 2017 4:01 am

The biggest banks don't want to be freed from Dodd-Frank's regulations. (AP Photo/File)

Big banks love Democrats’ big government

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2017 4:01 am