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WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing today to investigate a decrease in liquidity and a lack of resiliency in the fixed income markets as a direct result of new Dodd-Frank Act and Basel requirements. “Instead of a coordinated, well-thought out legislative and regulatory approach in the wake of the financial crisis, what… Read more »

WASHINGTON-Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 22: Wednesday, February 24 at 10:00 A.M.–The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled “The… Read more »

READ ON ADOBE SLATE Robert Sherill was a drug dealer. He was young and he made some serious mistakes. In his own words, “When I needed money, I sold drugs.” Eventually his crimes caught up with him and after several years in prison, he emerged resolved to build a better life for himself. The only problem was that no one… Read more »

Fed Chair to Committee: Financial Conditions “Less Supportive of Growth” Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday told the Financial Services Committee that the nation’s central bank is studying the feasibility of pushing short-term interest rates into negative territory. “Financial conditions in the United States have recently… Read more »

  House Committee: Treasury Played Politics in Debt Ceiling Debate "The U.S. Treasury for political purposes tried to suppress the existence of backup plans that would allow the government to continue making some payments in the event of a partial government shutdown, according to a newly published report from the House… Read more »

WASHINGTON -- The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee continued its examination of the “Future of Housing in America” today, holding its sixth hearing of the 114th Congress on the topic. Today’s hearing focused on the fiscal health of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), particularly its Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) and Home Equity… Read more »

  WASHINGTON – Today, the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee held a hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s latest attempt to restrict consumer access to financial products and services.   The Bureau is expected to soon propose a rule that will harm consumers by taking away their right to access small dollar, short-term loans. For the… Read more »

WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing to receive the Monetary Policy and State of the Economy report from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen: Last month we all heard President Obama attempt to take an economic victory lap in… Read more »

"When is monetary policy going to be more predictable, more method based, and less improvisational...We need to understand what is the direction of monetary policy going forward." </center> Read more »

WASHINGTON -- A group of Nobel Prize winning economists and former senior economic policy officials announced their support for House-passed reforms that would make the Federal Reserve more accountable and transparent. The House approved the Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act (H.R. 3189, the FORM Act) in November. Among its… Read more »