Finance

U.S. families finally are feeling comfortable enough with their personal circumstances to finance spending with added debt. (iStock Photo)

Americans are finally borrowing to buy more stuff

Joseph Lawler · November 25, 2014 4:00 pm

Another Wall Street titan cashes in with top job at Treasury Dept.

Mark Tapscott · November 23, 2014 10:00 am

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have decided to lower the down payment they require on some mortgages from 5 percent to 3 percent. The horrific lesson of what results from encouraging marginal borrowers to buy homes has somehow vanished from their memories. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Cutting Fannie, Freddie subsidies a win-win for GOP

Jason Russell · November 22, 2014 10:00 am

The Fed isn't a cop on the beat on Wall Street, NY Fed President William Dudley said Friday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

NY Fed president says he’s a fire warden, not a cop

Joseph Lawler · November 21, 2014 5:48 pm

Here’s a key source of the K Street vs. Tea Party fight: Lobbyists’ personal wealth

Beltway Confidential

Here’s a key source of the K Street vs. Tea Party fight: Lobbyists’ personal wealth

Timothy P. Carney · November 21, 2014 4:47 pm

In this May 6, 2012, file photo, a Bank of America sign is displayed in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/CX Matiash, File)

Fed reviewing its supervision of big banks amid concerns about lax oversight

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 9:55 pm

Sen. Mike Crapo said that "the non-bank [systemically important financial institution] designation process has proved immeasurable and unclear, with serious regulatory consequences for firms that receive the designation that will inevitably translate into higher costs for consumers and the overall economy." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Financial super-regulator lacks accountability, watchdog says

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 8:38 pm

With an average total tax rate of 43.8 percent, the U.S. is far behind many of its economic competitors. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. business tax burden ranks 126th globally

Jason Russell · November 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has scheduled hearings to examine banks' ownership of commodity businesses.Â (Getty File Photo/Chip Somodevilla)

Democrats sharpen Wall Street criticism

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 10:00 am

The report warns it's not a good idea to have banks too involved with commodities.

Report: Goldman Sachs’ side uranium business threatens economy

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2014 11:29 pm

Older male CEOs have the worst wage discrepancy between male and female corporate officers, but younger female CEOs also have a pretty bad discrepancy. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Are women CEOs also sexist?

Ashe Schow · November 18, 2014 6:21 pm

Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, during the committee's hearing with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report to Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Warren and Manchin: No Wall Street insiders for Fed posts

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2014 4:34 pm