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Why a US economic bellwether believes the best is yet to come

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed cloture on the bipartisan bill to ease rules on banks Thursday afternoon, meaning that the Senate will vote next week to cut off debate on the measure and then pass it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate to vote next week on bipartisan bill to ease rules on banks

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During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told proponents of S. 2155, which is expected to be considered next week, that it wouldn't lessen Fed oversight of those global banks. The bill would loosen some of the tougher Dodd-Frank requirements for banks with between $50 billion in assets and $250 billion in assets, a provision meant to provide relief to larger regional banks. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

Democrats insist Dodd-Frank relief bill would loosen rules for foreign megabanks

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Jerome Powell cautioned that it's important that students be able to borrow to finance their educations, but said they might not understand the risks that come with student loans. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
Economy

Federal Reserve chairman: Mounting student debt could hold back economic growth

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter urging the BlackRock hedge fund to use its
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Elizabeth Warren loves corporate America putting its thumb on the political scales

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In this 2014 photo, Bitcoin logos are displayed at the Inside Bitcoins conference and trade show in New York. Because of how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are mined, they have unique digital identities. And that design is something law enforcement and regulators can exploit to identify people using cryptocurrencies to hide illegal activity. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Tracking bitcoin criminals is tough, but not impossible

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More than 50 Democrats, led by top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio, (pictured above) wrote Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney Friday to warn that reorganizing the bureau's Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity and removing its enforcement role
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Democrats press Mick Mulvaney on CFPB fair lending enforcement

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While some reports have described the Federal Reserve's action against Wells Farego as unprecedented, the central bank imposed a similar restriction on New York-based Citigroup in March 2006. (Daniel Tepper/Bloomberg)
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How the Fed’s Wells Fargo crackdown makes deregulation easier

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The committee voted 13-12, along strict party lines, to approve the nomination of Carnegie Mellon professor Marvin Goodfriend. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

Trump’s Fed nominee barely escapes Senate committee vote

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Nvidia Corp. graphic processing units sit stacked inside a 'mining rig' computer, used to generate the Ethereum cryptocurrency, in Budapest, Hungary in January. U.S. securities regulators say adequate oversight of cryptocurrency markets may require new tools from Congress. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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It’s time for Congress to consider new cryptocurrency laws, Trump regulators say

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