Tag: Finance

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, from left, with Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, and Gov. Daniel Tarullo, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System presides over a meeting in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed gives GE Capital a way to escape ‘Hotel California’

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2015 7:19 pm

Janet Yellen said the rule would "confront these firms with a choice: They must either hold substantially more capital, reducing the likelihood that they will fail, or else they must shrink their systemic footprint, reducing the harm that their failure would do to our financial system." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Federal Reserve sets special rules for JPMorgan, big banks

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2015 6:46 pm

The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act was introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2013. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Progressives try to turn back the clock

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama used his weekly video address to defend the Iran nuclear deal against critics. (AP Photo)

Obama accuses critics of Iran deal of ‘dishonest arguments’

Susan Crabtree · July 18, 2015 3:34 pm

A worker sweeps a road near wind turbines at the Dafancheng Wind Power Plant, the largest of its kind in Aisa, on September 2, 2007 in Dafancheng of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Â (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Wind subsidy would be extended in Senate tax package

Zack Colman · July 17, 2015 4:52 pm

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, before the Senate Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Yellen open to changing the definition of a big bank

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2015 9:43 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on: "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Yellen: Fed not ‘unduly affected’ by stock markets

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2015 8:08 pm

Elizabeth Warren and Elijah Cummings have not given up fighting the roll-back to the Dodd-Frank law. (Getty Images)

Warren, Cummings want information about effects of repealed bank rule

Joseph Lawler · July 16, 2015 3:42 pm

Before the Fed raises interest rates, Chairwoman Janet Yellen will be looking for job growth and rising inflation in the coming months. (AP Photo)

Three questions as Yellen heads to the Hill

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2015 4:01 am

Hillary Clinton gave her first major economic speech as a 2016 presidential candidate Monday. (Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

The four worst ideas from Hillary’s economic plan

Jason Russell · July 13, 2015 5:41 pm

Hillary Clinton accused British bank HSBC of "laundering" money for "drug cartels" and called for an end to such "criminal behavior" from major financial firms. (Getty Images file)

Hillary hits Clinton Foundation donor in economic speech

Sarah Bedford · July 13, 2015 4:30 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in New York, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Clinton: Too-big-to-fail banks are still ‘too big a problem’

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2015 3:49 pm