Tag: Volcker Rule

The administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 regulatory actions planned under former President Barack Obama. About $570 million a year in costs, which comes out to $8.1 billion over a lifetime, has been eliminated as a result, the White House says. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Trump cuts business free

James Langford · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to reduce regulation, and many American industries have their own wishlist of things they want to deregulate. For example, electronic cigarette advocates want to change a regulation requiring "pre-market approval" for all devices and liquids introduced after February 2007. The long-term health effects of "vaping" are currently unknown, and the FDA plans to require product applications in 2022.(AP Photo/Branden Camp)

What CEOs still want from Trump: A deregulation wishlist

Steven Nelson, John Siciliano, Joseph Lawler, Sean Higgins · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (pictured left) not only has President Trump's endorsement, but also the support of most Republican senators. That support could help him through difficult economic scenarios in the years ahead. Otherwise, though, he's mostly expected to carry out policy as Janet Yellen, his predecessor, would have. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

What to expect from the Jerome Powell era at the Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler · February 5, 2018 5:01 am

Janet Yellen issued a defense of the post-crisis banking rules on Friday, and dismissed the idea put forward by the Trump administration that those regulations are slowing growth. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Janet Yellen rejects Trump arguments that Obama-era bank regs are slowing growth

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2017 2:43 pm

The acting commissioner of the SEC is seeking input from corporations about difficulties with the CEO pay disclosures. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC study undercuts motivation for Trump effort to ease banking rule

Joseph Lawler · August 8, 2017 10:23 pm

Keith Noreika, the acting comptroller of the currency and a Trump appointee, announced Tuesday he would solicit comments on revisiting the rule, the first step toward what would have to be a major multi-agency effort to rewrite it. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Bank regulator kicks off effort to rewrite key post-crisis banking rule

Joseph Lawler · August 2, 2017 2:37 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers the rule needed to be revised to simplify it and to address the overlap among the five agencies tasked with enforcing it. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Revision of Volcker Rule is underway, Mnuchin says

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2017 3:47 pm

Regulators indicated areas in which bipartisan agreement on changing Dodd-Frank rules might be possible for many banks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contours of regulatory relief push come into shape

Joseph Lawler · June 22, 2017 11:30 pm

Bill would undo the rules the Obama administration imposed on the financial sector in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP replacement for Dodd-Frank financial rules passes House

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 8:39 pm

Fed governor Daniel Tarullo says that companies' complaints about the post-financial crisis rule have merit. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Volcker Rule is too complicated, outgoing Fed regulator says

Joseph Lawler · April 4, 2017 9:20 pm

President Trump and congressional Republicans speak with one voice in arguing that, to boost economic growth, which has been feeble for years, credit must flow more easily to businesses. (Illustration by Nate Beeler for the Washington Examiner)

Banks ready to break free from regulations under Trump

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Bernanke is back and blogging

Joseph Lawler · April 3, 2015 9:00 am