Opinions

A pending Supreme Court ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure could create dangerous regulatory uncertainty. Congress should act first.

Price pressures could keep emanating from a tight labor market, the war in Ukraine and the reopening of China after the pandemic, the Fed governor said. 

Rates are rising and maturities are shortening in unsecured commercial paper, raising the possibility of a credit crunch and further regulatory intervention.

Two years ago, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank promised $11.2 billion in community development support. Activists want First Citizens, which acquired much of the failed bank, to fulfill the commitment.

Throughout 2022, the California bank shed interest rate swaps that some believe could have prevented its failure.

The latest figures suggest efforts by policymakers to stem contagion following a string of bank collapses is working, though banks are still borrowing much more than is typical during periods of low stress.

The agency responsible for monitoring SVB was plagued by heightened turnover, among other issues.

A former attorney with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency asks why regulators have failed to finalize the rules to implement Section 956 of Dodd-Frank, enacted more than a decade ago.

In his new book, "A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021," economist and former Federal Reserve vice chair Alan Blinder tells the tale of how economic conventional wisdom has evolved over the last half-century.

Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will attempt to downplay the immediate threat of the banking crisis as limited to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, while calling for long-term reforms in congressional testimony this week.