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Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a raft of populist economic proposals in her first major economic speech since securing the Democratic presidential nomination, including some aimed at lowering housing costs and boosting supply.

The ability to make cash transactions is vital to some Americans, and when technology fails us, it can be a lifeline for all Americans. We need to preserve it.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the upper chamber could pass a bill laying out the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency this year, though few details were offered on how such a bill would cross the finish line.

Political contribution data shows that individual bankers have donated more to the Biden-Harris ticket than Trump in 2024, but overall have contributed more to Republicans than Democrats this cycle.

Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft's office said the ruling was "not just legally deficient but also morally wrong."

Borrowing costs have fallen to their lowest level in more than a year as inflation metrics drop to 2021 levels, seemingly vindicating the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain their restrictive monetary policy.

Keeping control of the Senate in 2024 was always a tall order for Democrats. Republicans thus far are on track to eke out a narrow majority — an outcome that would limit a prospective Harris administration's maneuverability in nominations and legislation.

Republican State Treasurer John Fleming said he had concerns about big banks limiting business with firearms entities and Christian organizations, but has few options: "Only a small number, relatively speaking, of banks actually qualify to do the level of business that a state treasurer requires."

Over the weekend Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said setting interest rates should be a "political decision" with input from elected officials.

Congress publicly excoriated the supervisors and CEOs of last year's trifecta of megabank failures. But, what about the directors who were supposedly overseeing those CEOs? The entire chain of bank oversight needs to be rethought from congressional hearing rooms to banking board rooms.

Democrats Ritchie Torres and Gregory Meeks called on the New York Home Loan bank to follow the lead of its peers and use alternative credit scoring models for collateral to improve consumers' access to homeownership.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants to update the dual mission of the Federal Home Loan Banks. Members of the private bank cooperative say their regulator has no authority to redefine the mission.

As the 2024 election season once again puts the Federal Reserve's independence under a microscope, some observers see a weakness in one of the landmark policy arrangements that undergird the financial system as we know it.

Gary Quinzel, vice president of portfolio consulting at Wealth Enhancement Group, gives his views about monetary policy and offers his opinion on the FOMC statement and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

Governor Tim Walz, whom Vice President Kamala Harris selected as her running mate Tuesday, has a slight but progressive record on financial policy, suggesting a potential leftward shift in banking policy in a prospective Harris administration.

President Joe Biden's administration and Senate Democrats are ramping up pressure on the Federal Home Loan Bank system to pump more money into solving the nation's housing crisis.

High borrowing costs led to fewer mortgage originations in the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit released Tuesday.

A bill from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and companion House legislation from Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., would change the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to guard consumers against losing money in authorized transfers that involve scams

Graham Steele, formerly the assistant secretary for financial institutions at the Treasury Department, laid out a detailed bank regulatory reform agenda for future progressive policymakers to consider that includes rolling bank Trump administration-era tailoring rules and accounting for the increased digitization of the banking system.

The Federal Reserve chair said Fed researchers continue to explore central bank digital currencies to stay current on international payments developments, but emphatically denied that the central bank is considering creating one of its own.