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U.S. Banker January 2010 Steven Sloan |
The Most Powerful Regulator You Don't Know The New York Fed's Bill Dudley oversees the nation s largest banks and is responsible for the Fed's myriad liquidity programs. His biggest jobs lie ahead, though. |
U.S. Banker December 2009 Steven Sloan |
Exec Pay: So Much for Transparency If the Fed views excessive compensation as a broad threat to the financial system, why is it keeping its review of pay practices under wraps? |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Campbell et al. |
Bank Dividends May Be Coming Back JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and other large players may soon follow Comerica's lead in boosting their quarterly payouts |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows. |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Great News for Banks Another round of stress tests, and it's good news this time. |
U.S. Banker August 2009 Joseph Rosta |
Piling Up on the Fed Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree that the Federal Reserve Board isn't doing much right. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Steven Sloan |
Community Banks Sound Off on Pay Plan The Fed wants more control over executive pay, but many are arguing that smaller institutions should be exempt from the proposed rules. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Schmidt & Mattingly |
A Wall Street Sheriff with Fewer Bullets The FDIC's Bair is losing out to the Fed in the regulatory overhaul |
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Peter Coy |
An Embattled Fed Fights Back Bernanke is unapologetic and warns that moves to weaken the central bank would jeopardize economic stability |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
BusinessWeek December 1, 2010 Rich Miller |
Bernanke and Geithner Fight Back How the Federal Reserve chairman and Treasury Secretary are battling to defend the Fed's latest moves -- and preserve its independence. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Fed: Who Knew? You know it has the power to move markets, but what else do you know about the Fed? Here are some interesting facts that may surprise you. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Congress Grills Bernanke Over Bear Recent hearings debated the Fed's role in bailing out Bear Stearns. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice? |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
How the Fed Rescues Markets Lower interest rates support stock prices in several ways. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Peter Coy |
A Friend Of Ben With A Bold Idea Frederic Mishkin thinks the Fed should cut rates quickly if home prices tumble. |
CFO April 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud. |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Behind Bernanke's Charm Offensive The Fed's New Worry: Popularity. For a central bank dependent on Congress for bailout funds, approval ratings matter. And they're not good |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz & Morgan Housel |
The Giant Revolving Door of Regulatory Hostage-Taking Washington reeks of Wall Street. Time to open the windows. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Moscovitz & Koppenheffer |
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill. |
On Wall Street January 1, 2010 Steven Sloan |
Curbs on Fed Power Move from Fringe to the Forefront Once considered the biggest winner under the Obama administration's regulatory revamp plan, the Federal Reserve Board is likely to lose substantial power if reform legislation is enacted, as expected. |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both? One day, the market thinks the Federal Reserve chairman is the dumbest guy on Earth. The next morning, he's the master of the universe. The reality is somewhere in between -- but try telling that to traders who get whipsawed repeatedly. |
BusinessWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Coy |
Everyone Wants a Piece of the Banks Shareholders are clamoring for higher dividends. Borrowers want more loans. And the Obama Administration is trying to levy a new tax. |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Listening to the Fed Trying to understand the Federal Reserve will just get you confused. If you have a solid long-term investment plan, you shouldn't use news about the Fed to guide your trading decisions. If the noise will distract you, it's best just to tune it out. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Revealed: How JPMorgan Prints Money With the Fed's help, JPMorgan achieves a rare feat. |
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Why the Fed Will Fail Financial reform may give the Fed new powers, but will it help? |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Barrett & Lanman |
Thomas Hoenig Is Fed Up Within the Federal Reserve, there is one very powerful voice of dissent. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Financial Crisis: The Greatest Hits The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report, two years in the making, is a 623-page tome of everything you could ever want to know about the financial crisis. |
U.S. Banker November 2009 Kaper & Hopkins |
Dodd's Power of Persuasion Facing long odds, the Banking Committee Chairman builds support for a plan to create a prudential regulator. But would a single agency kill the dual banking system? |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks. |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Banking news: Raising capital is getting tougher for banks... Countrywide faces a shareholder lawsuit... Paul Volcker warned that the Federal Reserve Bank's political independence could be compromised... etc. |
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 David J. Lynch |
The Fed Partially Lifts the Veil on Its Discount Window As the Fed insists on better risk management by banks, pressure may grow for it to release timely data on discount window lending. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
This Week in Banking Dire forecasts and looking for emergency capital were the banking news stories this week. |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Lehman Brothers' Bankruptcy: The Greatest Hits An in-depth look at the largest bankruptcy in history. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 John Grgurich |
New Capital Rules Hit Big U.S. Banks The Financial Times is reporting that the Federal Reserve has proposed new rules for the largest financial firms, requiring them to hold more capital in a move that mirrors proposals by a group of global banking regulators known as the Basel committee. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 James Cooper |
To Cut or Not to Cut? The market's recent upbeat signals give the Fed little reason to slash rates further, but the still-unfolding credit turmoil will require more relief sooner or later. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 Roben Farzad |
Bernanke, Flying by the Seat of His Pants In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic, by David Wessel, is an engrossing look at the central bank's swift reaction to the crisis, and how it is wielding its power. |
U.S. Banker May 2010 |
Be Patient and Let Margins Expand with Time Here are three actions banks can-and should-take today to ensure stronger margins in the future. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Tomorrow's Market Decline Doesn't Matter Investors counting on Ben Bernanke will be disappointed. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 22, 2009 Roger Thompson |
"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Will This Stop the Next Financial Armageddon? What key measures in the 2,322-page financial reform bill actually matter, and will they stop the next financial Armageddon? |
BusinessWeek October 7, 2010 Ian Katz |
A New Council Looks for Risky Business A new council of regulators is scrutinizing financial firms to find those that should be subject to Fed oversight because they are high-risk. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
Winds of Change These are truly challenging times for banks, and for bank directors. A weak U.S. economy has made it difficult for most institutions to find enough good lending opportunities to go around. |