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Bernanke makes case for strong Fed role on banks
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
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The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize monetary policy...Bernanke made the comments in an Op-Ed piece to appear...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, US Fed, Ben Bernanke, central banks, Bernanke Updated, Bernanke Warns of Risks, regulatory powers, The Washington Post, Senate Banking, reserve chairman, Washington, Business Finance, Federal Reserve System, Bernanke Doctrine, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Monetary policy, Politics, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Excess reserves, Great Depression, Finance, Subprime mortgage crisis, Banking, Timothy Geithner, Financial crisis, Central bank, Christopher Dodd
A push to simplify credit card 'gobbledygook'
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility His simplified credit card contract takes up just one side of one page; his research shows that a 10th-grader could understand it. Siegel says that because it's so clear, "it encourages people to read it and understand their rights and obligations." Siegel...
Tags: credit cards, Nessa Feddis, Siegel, Federal Reserve, consumers agency, simplified contract, Senate Banking, House Financial Services Committee, cards companies, simplified credit, Atlanta, Federal Reserve System, Consumer protection, Banking, United States federal banking legislation, Business Finance, Credit card, Credit, Fine print
Real Estate, On the Wane, Fights to Stay Politically Relevant Amid Financial Reform
Washington :: DC :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility A glut of available credit compounded matters, in turn flash-freezing property buying...And the federal government wants to ensure that the risky mortgage products that in part helped hurl the nation headlong into this mess are strictly regulated...House...
Tags: estate industry, U.S. Senate, Senate Banking, Congress, financial reform, federal government, subprime loans, election cycle, lobbying expenditures, Chuck Schumer, Washington, Chuck Schumer, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Video game censorship, Subprime lending, National Association of Realtors, Subprime mortgage crisis, Financial economics, Interest rates, Business Finance, Politics
Obama aides upbraid Wall St. over bonuses
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Top Obama administration officials sharply criticized Wall Street firms planning to pay big bonuses, pointedly contrasting the soaring profits some financial companies have recorded in recent days with continuing high jobless rates across the country....
Tags: Barack Obama, white housing, Top Obama administration, Rahm Emanuel, obama aides, White House, Senate Banking, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democrats, public option
Business events scheduled for the coming month
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller releases its July index of home prices, 9 a.m.; Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index, 10 a.m.; Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on strengthening bank supervision...Commerce Department...
Tags: Senate Banking, Washington
Senate panel backs Ron Sims for HUD job
Hūd :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility A Senate committee has endorsed King County Executive Ron Sims for a top job in the Obama administration. The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee approved Sims's nomination to be deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban...
Tags: Ron Sims, Senate Banking
Stimulus bill limits bailed-out execs' pay
Tarp :: Germany | 9 months ago
Credibility It will be up to the Treasury Department to implement the restrictions in Dodd's amendment if the stimulus package, which is awaiting Obama's approval, becomes law...For many top executives, that would mean a dramatic reduction. The Wall Street Journal...
Tags: Barack Obama, stimulus packages, Senate Banking, economic stimulus, The Wall Street Journal, billion economic, Senate Democrats, restricts bonuses, pay limiting, White House
Clinton vows to revitalize US diplomacy
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she intends to revitalize the mission of diplomacy in American foreign policy, calling for a "smart power" strategy in the Middle East and implicitly criticizing the Bush administration for having downgraded the...
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Hea, American, Senate Banking, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Asia
Lieberman, Dodd back Obama picks
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Tuesday morning urged quick confirmation of President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Department of Homeland Security saying that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is a superb pick. Lieberman, who chairs the Senate...
Tags: homeland security, obama, Barack Obama, affairs committee, senate homeland, governmental affairs, Janet Napolitano, Senate Banking, elect barack, Obama HUD
KLBJ-AM 590, Austin: France asks Congress to help Big Three automakers
Austin :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility America." The letter, a copy of which was obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, was addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs...
Tags: Senate Banking
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