Tag: Finance

"That 10 percent number would have to be substantially higher to have regulators comfortable," Daniel Tarullo said in response to an audience question about the proposal. (AP Photo)

Fed not ‘comfortable’ with GOP’s bank reform plan

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2016 3:36 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop on June 28 at Alumisource, a metals recycling facility in Monessen, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Trump is trusted on the economy, but that might not matter

Joseph Lawler · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

The financial services unit of Jeffrey Immelt's company, General Electric, was released from the federal government's clutches Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A milestone for financial reform, but skeptics remain

Joseph Lawler · July 1, 2016 4:01 am

The stakes are high for the stress tests. Banks spend massive resources preparing for them, and in the past it has been thought that the jobs of bank leaders were on the line in the tests. (AP Photo)

U.S. banks pass stress tests, Deutsche Bank and Santander flagged by regulators

Joseph Lawler · June 29, 2016 8:35 pm

Liberal group pins $4 trillion Treasury loss on GOP tax reform

Joseph Lawler · June 29, 2016 2:09 pm

GE Capital, the financial arm of conglomerate GE, no longer poses enough of a threat to the financial system that it needs to be regulated like a bank. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Regulators remove ‘too big to fail’ tag from GE Capital

Joseph Lawler · June 29, 2016 1:20 pm

Industry groups say that the regulations will "disrupt" existing lending by community financial institutions. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg News, File)

Banks and credit unions join forces against new payday rules

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2016 8:44 pm

The flaws in the opaque, arbitrary SIFI regime were noted in March's court decision that rescinded MetLife's SIFI designation. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Dodd-Frank’s regulatory speed trap

Kyle Hauptman · June 27, 2016 4:03 am

Donald Trump has railed against trade deals being weighed by Congress, blamed China and Japan for costing the U.S. jobs and lamented the quarterly account deficit.

Business trying to teach a lesser-known benefit of trade

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2016 4:01 am

"The Federal Reserve has become a highly, highly partisan institution," Jeb Hensarling said. (AP Photo)

GOP banking chair: Fed just ‘one more Obama bureaucracy’

Joseph Lawler · June 26, 2016 5:17 pm

G7 ministers and central bankers reassure markets, promise liquidity

G7 ministers and central bankers reassure markets, promise liquidity

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2016 1:24 pm

Britain votes for Brexit

Britain votes for Brexit

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2016 3:53 am