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April 05, 2024
Civil Society Comments on the Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risks
Disclosure of climate-related financial risks is critically important for investors, banks and other financial institutions, regulators, and the broader public.
March 27, 2024 | Jacobin
Jerome Powell’s Fingerprints Are on the Next Banking Crisis
One year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is obstructing the finalization of tougher capital requirements for banks — and increasing the chances of more turbulence.
March 15, 2024 | Common Dreams
Trump Lackeys Run to Rescue Ailing Bank in Predictable—And Telling—Move
Political reporters must explain the consequences likely to ensue if Steven Mnuchin, Joseph Otting, or their pro-Wall Street doppelgangers return for a second Trump administration.
March 07, 2024
RELEASE: Top Trump Officials’ Latest Move a Reminder of Trump’s Prioritization of Wall Street
Campaign coverage should feature more questions about who would again feature in a second Trump Administration.
March 05, 2024 | The Sling
The Proposed Merger of Capital One and Discover Deserves Rigorous Scrutiny
Last month, Capital One announced that it plans to purchase Discover in a deal worth $35.3 billion. For their campaign to secure regulatory approval, Capital One is trying to act like a benevolent pro-consumer company that will use economies of scale to lower interest rates and ramp up competition with Visa and Mastercard. But that’s probably baloney.
February 05, 2024
Will Jay Powell’s Cheerleaders Ever Admit They Were Wrong?
Soon after Biden renominated Powell, the ostensibly dovish Fed chair embarked on the most intense and sustained series of rate hikes in decades. We were told that this wouldn’t happen!
February 02, 2024
Conspiracy (Taylor’s Version): On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
On Conservative Crazies, The Media Definition of “Economist,” And Our Humble Little Clown Show
January 29, 2024 | The Sling
To Save the Planet, Biden Should Not Renominate Powell
Inflation is falling, but Jerome Powell has nothing to do with it. Our democracy and climate face mounting instability—and he has everything to do with that.
January 26, 2024 | The American Prospect
Corporate Self-Oversight
Accounting’s technical jargon makes the industry obscure to most Americans. It’s likely your next-door neighbor has no idea of the PCAOB’s activities, its responsibility to protect investors, or its history of negligence. That’s expected, but chair Williams is now working to turn the ship around to fix the shortcomings of one of America’s most consequential oligopolies, and it will improve the economic lives of an unaware public.
December 21, 2023
Bitnomial CEO Cheers After Disturbing Day at CFTC
Dissenting Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, meanwhile, warned that the agency’s approval of a vertically integrated crypto market threatens to open a Pandora’s box.
December 14, 2023 | The American Prospect
Kenny Stancil Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed Ethics in GovernmentFederal ReserveFinancial RegulationIndependent Agencies
Corporate Headhunters Shouldn’t Control Who Can Be a Fed Reserve Bank President
We need a democratic process for appointing leaders of regional Fed banks.
December 08, 2023
Credulous Press Shouldn’t Buy That Binance Will Be OK
Overemphasizing the fines leveled against the crypto exchange ignores the true point of the settlement: regulatory compliance.
December 07, 2023 | The American Prospect
Wall Street’s Favorite Financial Regulator May Be Looking for a New Job
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s term doesn’t end until 2026, but there are rumblings of an early exit to the private sector. Place your bets where he’ll end up next!
December 07, 2023
Henry Burke Jeff Hauser Kenny Stancil
FOIA RequestPress Release CryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentFinancial RegulationFintechRevolving Door
Press Release: The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry
The Revolving Door Project, A Government Ethics Watchdog, Alerts Media Of Possibility That CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam Is Considering Leaving Government To Cash Out In Private Industry