Banking Politics & Policy News
American Banker's Politics & Policy coverage delivers news and analysis on how legislative action, federal agency rulemaking, regulatory politics, and public policy debates shape banking strategy, risk, competition, and compliance. Coverage explores congressional priorities, executive branch initiatives, regulatory agency actions, and the political forces that shape and impact the operating environment for financial institutions, payments companies, fintechs and distributed finance companies.
Bank leaders must navigate a dynamic policy environment where congressional action, regulatory priorities, and political forces influence capital standards, supervisory expectations, digital asset frameworks, deposit insurance, consumer rules, and competitive dynamics.
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The Personal Consumer Expenditures price index climbed to nearly 4% in April, arguably making the Fed's interest rate less restrictive and further complicating the central bank's path toward future rate cuts.
May 28
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The Federal Reserve Board governor is the latest Fed official to embrace the prospect of tighter monetary policy in response to rapidly rising prices that have taken hold in recent years.
May 27
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Households are cutting back on spending and buying fewer big ticket items, according to a key consumer confidence report. Higher inflation expectations and recession concerns are driving the pullback.
May 26
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Tokenization is being adopted from within the system, not alongside it. It's improving how markets operate by making settlements faster, increasing their mobility, boosting transparency and expanding access.
May 26
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The streamlining is designed to further expedite a process which allows mortgage companies to get a case number for loans on single units even if the building they're in doesn't have one.
May 26
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Homebuyers applying for Federal Housing Administration loans in community property states are facing hurdles that current market conditions have heightened.
May 26
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President Donald Trump administered Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's oath of office in a ceremony Friday morning. Warsh is expected to pursue changes at the central bank, including a push to reduce its $6.7 billion balance sheet.
May 22
