Barr Defends Fed’s Supervision Role in Outgoing Remarks as Vice Chair
Michael Barr defended the Federal Reserve’s independence and oversight role Thursday, two days after the White House issued an executive order that could exert greater control over the central bank’s ...
Hosted on MSN53m
Barr Underscores Importance of Fed's Independence
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr speaks at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. Barr is preparing to step down from his role as the Fed's top banking cop on Feb. 28 ...
Meet Andrew Ferguson, the new chairman of the FTC who has vowed to go after Big Tech's 'vendetta against competition'
President Donald Trump appointed Andrew Ferguson to lead the Federal Trade Commission. Ferguson, a Republican, has vowed to ...
Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director
The Senate will hold a final vote on President Trump’s pick for F.B.I. director, which could put Kash Patel in charge of the ...
Analysis-Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power
Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on U.S. government agencies that for ...
Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director
The Trump loyalist is taking over a bureau in turmoil over firings and an effort to gather names of people who worked on Jan.
Kash Patel, Trump’s Pick for FBI Director, Is Confirmed by Senate
Two high-profile Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, notably voted against his ...
Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts
The Senate has narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as as President Donald Trump's FBI director. The vote Thursday puts the ...
Trump Loyalist Kash Patel Confirmed as FBI Director by Senate
The US Senate confirmed Kash Patel to lead the FBI, installing one of President Donald Trump’s fiercest loyalists to overhaul ...
Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
A directive calling for oversight over the central bank’s regulatory and supervisory responsibilities has set off alarm.
Kash Patel Confirmed as Trump’s Pick to Lead FBI
Senate vote puts an ideological ally of the president in charge of a bureau that he has vowed to radically change.
Fed's Bostic is worried about strength of U.S. labor market
At his press conference last month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said repeatedly that he thought the labor market was solid. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic isn't so sure. [In an essay ...