Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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More than 100 days into Trump’s presidency, financial regulators still lack key appointments. Here's why that matters.
May 2 -
Scott Alvarez, the general counsel of the Federal Reserve, said the Dodd-Frank Act provision that allows regulators to handle the failure of a large financial institution would have been useful during the financial crisis.
April 27 -
After such a period of collective euphoria following the November election, how does the manager of a large institution explain a declining stock price to investors?
April 27 -
President Trump's executive orders question Obama-era financial crisis prevention system.
April 21 -
Bank earns $75 million for saving Bass Pro Shops's acquisition of rival outdoor retailer; Trump to name Randal Quarles as Fed's vice chairman for bank supervision.
April 18 -
Randal Quarles, the latest front-runner for the vice chair of banking supervision at the Federal Reserve Board, would represent a moderate, mainstream Republican choice that is likely to be welcomed by the financial services industry.
April 17 -
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Randal Quarles, a senior Treasury official in the Bush administration, to be the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator, according to a person familiar with the selection process.
April 17 -
The Loan Syndications and Trading Association is appealing directly to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to exempt collateralized loan obligation managers from rules requiring "skin in the game" of deals.
April 13 -
President Trump has been in office for nearly 12 weeks, but he still hasn’t nominated several critical positions among financial services regulators. Following is a guide to what’s vacant now, and when other posts will be available.
April 10 -
President Trump has been in office for nearly 12 weeks, but he still hasn’t nominated several critical positions among financial services regulators. Following is a guide to what’s vacant now, and when other posts will be available.
April 10 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell has been tapped to head the agency’s supervisory committee, the post formerly held by Gov. Daniel Tarullo.
April 7 -
Negative interest rate policies have not been shown to speed up spending or borrowing. In some cases, countries with such policies have seen their savings rates continuing to climb.
April 7 -
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker’s revelation that he was behind a 2012 leak may embolden the central bank’s critics in Congress.
April 6 -
Fifteen months before he resigned under a cloud, Jeffrey Lacker, then president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, found himself in an odd position.
April 6 -
Jeffrey Lacker admits his involvement in a 2012 leak that sparked a criminal probe by the Fed; Wells has fired dozens in its credit card processing unit for inflating merchants' sales figures.
April 5 -
In his final public remarks before stepping down from the agency, Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo called for several changes to the system, including dropping a key element of the stress tests and rethinking the Volcker Rule.
April 4 -
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker resigned Tuesday after revealing that he inadvertently disclosed confidential information about monetary policy to an analyst in 2012.
April 4 -
Craig Esrael is the latest credit union CEO to be appointed to a three-year term on a Fed panel.
April 4 -
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., asked the Government Accountability Office to weigh in on whether two pieces of bank regulatory guidance are in fact rules for the purposes of the Congressional Review Act.
March 31 -
Amey Sgrignoli will join the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council for a three-year term.
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