A Department of Government Efficiency team is working with FDIC leadership to "increase efficiency," which could include cuts to contracts and streamlining staff. FDIC says DOGE staffers have "appropriate clearances."

Versions of the bill were introduced in the House and Senate, raising odds that a national trigger lead ban could be near.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said to understand how banks are faring in the current environment of tariff-induced uncertainty, he'll be watching the relationship between credit spreads and equity markets.

A recent letter addressed to the FHFA fueled a consumer advocacy group to look at salaries, which have been criticized as not aligned to the system's purpose.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman, who has been nominated to be the central bank's top regulator, sidestepped direct questions about the Trump administration's incursion into the Fed's regulatory independence.

Rather than trying to police the way banks' artificial intelligence models are designed, regulators should assess the results they produce and make sure they adhere to existing consumer protection rules.

Inflation cooled faster than expected last month, giving the Federal Reserve room to ease monetary policy if the economy weakens suddenly. But tariffs and other policy changes still cloud the outlook for monetary policy.