Money
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's Report to the Congress
Bernanke's Good News, Bad News: Purchases of durable goods increasing especially rapidly; housing market remains weak, with the overhang of vacant or foreclosed houses weighing on home prices and construction more »
Testimonies: Choosing to Work During Retirement & Extending the Bush Tax Cuts
Baucus pressed witnesses on the need to ensure that tax rate cuts intended to benefit small businesses really do benefit small businesses and not a small number of extremely wealthy individuals receiving income from large businesses. more »
New Overdraft Rules, Credit Card Rules and Home Mortgage Public Hearings
If you do not opt in (agree), beginning August 15, 2010, your bank's standard overdraft practices won't apply to your everyday debit card and ATM transactions. These transactions typically will be declined when you don't have enough money in your account, but you will not be charged overdraft fees. more »
The Volcker Rule: Proposals to Limit "Speculative" Proprietary Trading by Banks
The bills would limit the ability of commercial banking institutions and their affiliated companies and subsidiaries to engage in trading unrelated to customer needs and investing in and sponsoring hedge funds or private equity funds. Such an approach has been referred to as the "Volcker Rule" more »