Tag: Finance

"This is a roadmap for the stealth unwinding of financial reform," said Barney Frank, who co-wrote the law. (Getty File Photo/Win McNamee)

Liberals rally against Dodd-Frank change in spending bill

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 1:12 am

The notable change is language that would alter an arcane but important Dodd-Frank requirement that prohibits bank entities that engage in some kinds of derivatives trading from accessing federal deposit insurance and emergency lending from the Federal Reserve. (iStock Photo)

Spending bill includes significant Dodd-Frank change

Joseph Lawler · December 10, 2014 2:31 pm

The banks that would be affected, based on their size and characteristics in 2013, are Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, State Street and Wells Fargo. (AP Photos)

Fed rolls out extra capital requirements for megabanks

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2014 8:49 pm

Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee to be the next attorney general, meets with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Questions over ‘too big to jail’ banks in Lynch nomination

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2014 10:00 am

The case is part of the ongoing regulatory response to fast-growing digital currencies like Bitcoin. (iStock)

SEC lands $68,000 settlement from Bitcoin stock exchange operator

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2014 9:12 pm

Indiana University senior Randall Burns holds a sign he said represents the average debt a college student has after graduating, during the IU Strike protest, Thursday, April 11, 2013 in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, Jeremy Hogan)

$1.1 trillion student loan bubble? Not so fast

Joseph Lawler · December 8, 2014 10:00 am

Smoke Pours From The World Trade Center After Being Hit By Two Planes September 11, 2001 In New York City. (Photo By Craig Allen/Getty Images)

Insurers say they need feds’ help on terrorism risk

David M. Drucker · December 8, 2014 10:00 am

Lael Brainard, right, foundering director of Brookings Global Economy and Development Program, sits with Vinod Khosia, left, founder of Khosia Ventures, left, and other business, labor and academic leaders during an economic discussion with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., in Pittsburgh, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Too early to tell if new financial rules are good enough: Fed governor

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2014 9:07 pm

Tax credit fight gives the GOP an opportunity for populism

Tax credit fight gives the GOP an opportunity for populism

Timothy P. Carney · November 28, 2014 3:17 pm

By making the more-useful extenders permanent, the deal would be an improvement over renewing them every two years. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

A conservative case to make tax extenders permanent (for now)

Jason Russell · November 26, 2014 6:34 pm

The price of economic regulation is being paid by the poor and middle class. (iStock Photo)

Sticks in spokes

Mona Charen · November 25, 2014 6:41 pm

U.S. families finally are feeling comfortable enough with their personal circumstances to finance spending with added debt. (iStock Photo)

Americans are finally borrowing to buy more stuff

Joseph Lawler · November 25, 2014 4:00 pm