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Have U.S. Long-Term Interest Rates Peaked?

U.S. long-term interest rates remain stubbornly high in February 2025. While the Fed continues to cut the short-term Fund Funds Rate, the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond futures remain not far from the most recent February 2023 low as they consolidate and search for direction.

Barchart · Feb 4, 2025

Biggest Losers of 2024: Black MAGA

Despite efforts to curry favor with Trump this year, Black MAGA figures were snubbed or dropped altogether

Salon · Dec 31, 2024

Next Senate Banking Committee Chair Sees Crypto As A Potential Catalyst For Financial Democracy

Sen. Tim Scott will lead the Senate Banking Committee in 2025, and he has promised to champion change for the crypto industry, particularly on policies that stifle innovation at home turf.

International Business Times · Dec 18, 2024

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Incoming Senate chairs expected to rein in infrastructure dollars - Roll Call

Republicans’ incoming Senate majority could stall an effort to boost transportation and infrastructure spending.

Roll Call · Nov 13, 2024

Tim Johnson, former Senate Banking chair, dies at age 77 - Roll Call

Former Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who served nearly three decades and chaired the Senate Banking Committee, has died at the age of 77.

Roll Call · Oct 9, 2024

Crypto industry spends big to boost GOP

Moreno is challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in what's considered a must-win race for both parties

Salon · Sep 24, 2024

Vance says Republicans are done ‘catering to Wall Street’ - Roll Call

Sen. JD Vance, the GOP nominee for vice president, is done ‘catering to Wall Street’ and puts financial issues in a social context.

Roll Call · Jul 18, 2024

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Federal Reserve Considers Cutting Interest Rates Amid Cooling Job Market

Federal Reserve considers shifting focus from inflation to job market due to cooling economy.

Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as Chairman Powell suggests move towards cutting interest rates

The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in written testimony Tuesday, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation that suggests it's moving closer to cutting interest rates

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2024

Powell, CPI and Other Can't Miss Items this Week

This week the news is mostly backloaded to the second half of the week with PPI, CPI, and Sentiment all due out as well as bank earnings starting on Friday.

Barchart · Jul 7, 2024

FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency's toxic workplace culture

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg is sitting for a second day of grilling on Capitol Hill, this time at the Senate Banking Committee, after a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released last week

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024

Sen. Gillibrand wants her fellow Democrats to get on board with crypto legislation

Digital asset regulation has become a partisan issue, especially as a government shutdown looms.

Fortune · Sep 25, 2023

‘Most comprehensive proposal to date’: Lummis and Gillibrand to reintroduce landmark crypto bill

The long-awaited legislation would tackle thorny questions like market structure and stablecoin oversight.

Fortune · Jul 7, 2023

Biden's 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval

President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors pledged to fight inflation during a confirmation hearing that drew only modest pushback from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

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Barchart · Jun 21, 2023

Markets Doubt FOMC Will Follow Through on its Forecast for +50 bp Rate Hike

Fed Chair Powell today presented his semi-annual testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Mr. Powell will appear Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee and repeat his prepared testimony, although he will answer different questions from panel members. Mr. Powell’s prepared statement today was in line with his comments last...

Zenger · Jun 21, 2023

Powell To Face Congress Amid Criticism Over Fed’s Policy Stance

Questions on interest rates, banking regulation, and inflation to be raised during Powell's testimony.

Roll Call · May 10, 2023

Bipartisan interest in new deposit insurance cap, but for whom? - Roll Call

Lawmakers are talking about raising the deposit insurance cap, but don't have consensus about how to do it.

Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023

A chance reunion at a fundraiser sent Glenn Ivey to the Hill; now he’s back as a member

WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn F. Ivey got his start on Capitol Hill with a conversation about jazz. After blanketing members of the Congressional Black Caucus with his résumé, Ivey landed an interview with one of its founders, Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Instead of talking politics,…

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Roll Call · Mar 30, 2023

A chance reunion at a fundraiser sent Glenn Ivey to the Hill; now he's back as a member - Roll Call

Freshman Rep. Glenn Ivey returns to D.C. having worked for John Conyers, Paul Sarbanes and former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.

WEKU · Mar 28, 2023

5 things we learned from the Senate hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

Fed official: SVB itself was main cause of bank's failure

The nation’s top financial regulator is asserting that Silicon Valley Bank’s own management was largely to blame for the bank’s failure earlier this month and says the Federal Reserve will review whether a 2018 law that weakened stricter bank rules also contributed to its collapse

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023

Lawmakers open to Biden’s call to claw back SVB executive pay

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s call for legislation that would allow regulators to claw back executive bonuses and stock sale proceeds in the lead up to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse has found a receptive audience on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call · Mar 27, 2023

Lawmakers open to Biden’s call to claw back SVB executive pay - Roll Call

Lawmakers from both parties are open to executive compensation clawback legislation after the failure of SVB and Signature Bank.

StockNews.com · Mar 11, 2023

Making Sense of a Wild Week in the Markets

It's been another doozy of a week for the S&P 500 (SPY). We had Fed Chair Jerome Powell giving his semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. We had the latest job openings summary from January. We had a surprise run on a bank in Silicon Valley push the entire…

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