Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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Analysts look at whether the FOMC will bring the last rate hike in the cycle, whether recession is coming, and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake.
July 24 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrates its 12th anniversary on Friday, prompting Director Rohit Chopra to discuss the agency's work including a proposal to set credit card late fees at $8 and the upcoming Supreme Court case that could defund the bureau.
July 20 -
The Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision said regulators will adapt supervisory practices to account for advancements in machine learning.
July 18 -
Five organizations representing large banks sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell requesting a long and thorough public review process for rule changes that are expected to be rolled out this summer.
July 13 -
Voters so far are lukewarm on the president's efforts to change the narrative around his handling of the economy, but the administration's bid to win the economic messaging war could cause Washington to come down more harshly on banks.
July 12 -
Banks say more transparency is needed in the annual scenario testing regime to make capital planning more predictable. But amid a flurry of regulatory reforms, the expectation is that capital requirements are only going up from here.
July 7 -
Rising interest rates are putting pressure on multifamily housing borrowers — especially investors who were looking for a quick return.
July 5 -
The payment supplement partial claim the Federal Housing Administration proposed could be effective but not as is, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association and two other groups.
July 3 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, challenged the idea that credit card late fees serve as a deterrent to delinquency, instead saying issuers told her office that some of them earn tens of millions of dollars collecting late fees.
June 30 -
The watchdog claims that during internal testing, the company illegally processed $2.3 billion in mortgage payments.
June 27 -
A report from the Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office urges state regulators to spruce up their toolkits for monitoring and mitigating the impact of climate change on homeowners insurance.
June 27 -
The heads of the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. say upcoming capital proposals won't be implemented for years, but banks tend to move fast to get ahead of upcoming changes.
June 26 -
Philip Jefferson, a current Federal Reserve Board member, is President Biden's nominee to be vice chairman of the central bank. At a Senate hearing, he gave measured responses to questions about the potential for heightened regulation of midsize banks.
June 21 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau decided to move forward with its proposal based on feedback to an earlier request for input.
June 16 -
The Federal Reserve chair said that as the Treasury replenishes its general account at the Fed, it will lead to fewer reserves in the banking system.
June 14 -
Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee blasted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra as an 'extortionist' and labeled his efforts to rein in discrimination as 'McCarthyism' during a four-hour hearing Wednesday.
June 14 -
The Treasury has added Property Assessed Clean Energy financing for solar panels and the like to the list of approved expenses that states could authorize.
June 13 -
Federal bank regulators issued proposed guidelines for banks and other mortgage lenders to craft policies around reconsideration of value requests. The move is the latest aimed at rooting out bias in home appraisals.
June 8 - AB - Policy & Regulation
House Republicans will likely need to gain support from Democrats to get the debt limit deal through a critical vote in the House Wednesday evening.
May 31 -
Once it is free to issue new debt, the Treasury Department is expected to quickly replenish its general account at the Fed. The move could lead to a shortage of reserves.
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