Evercore ISI is comparing the bank stress to another critical time on Wall Street: The year of the savings and loan crisis and epic crash. “To think you would see financial stress of this kind d...
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Bill Ackman says U.S. did right thing in protecting SVB depositors
A sign hangs at Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said the U.S. government’s actio...
Investors Wiped Out As Bank Run Causes Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank … [+] (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank ...
Here’s what could happen next for Silicon Valley Bank customers
A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Silicon Valley Bank’s customers, alon...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. government won’t bail out Silicon Valley Bank
Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks during a Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomb...
Yellen Rules Out Bailout For Silicon Valley Bank
Topline The federal government will not bail out the “investors and owners” of Silicon Valley Bank, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday on Face The Nation, saying the situation is different fr...
Taxpayers can now respond to 9 IRS notices online
Hoxton/Sam Edwards | Getty Images After kicking off tax season with customer service and technology upgrades, the IRS this week unveiled a new option allowing taxpayers to respond more easily to certa...
Here’s what we learned from the IRS Commissioner hearing
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s nominee ...
Don’t risk an audit. Here are four reasons the IRS may flag your return
dmphoto | E+ | Getty Images Tax season is underway and there’s been increased scrutiny of the IRS as the agency starts deploying part of the nearly $80 billion approved by Congress in August. W...
Davos elites see a major risk ahead for markets with looming U.S. debt standoff
DAVOS, Switzerland – The finance and tech CEOs gathering at the World Economic Forum this week expressed measured optimism about the economy in 2023 — but at least one major risk looms for markets, th...
U.S. Government To Hit Debt Ceiling On Thursday
(Photo by Ina Fassbender / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key Takeaways The US government is expected to hit the debt ceiling next Thursday, meaning that Cong...
Shiba Inu rises after announcing Layer 2 launch as bone token pops; US markets closed
Shiba Inu and bone led gains after the announcement of a Layer 2 network for the ecosystem. U.S. markets are closed to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Bitcoin was trading at $20,770 at 9 a....
As Debt Ceiling Countdown Begins, Should Markets Be Concerned?
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The … [+] federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as s...
U.S. Could Run Out Of Cash By Early June If Debt Limit Isn’t Raised, Yellen Warns
Topline The U.S. Treasury stands to run out of cash as soon as early June if the debt limit isn’t lifted in the coming months, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Friday as she urged lawmaker...
House Republicans have voted to cut IRS funding
New U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with reporters in Washington, Jan. 7, 2023. Jon Cherry | Reuters House Republicans on Monday night voted to slash funding for the IRS, fo...
Crypto prices pare initial gains after Fed minutes show a slow down ‘soon’
Crypto prices rose and quickly came back down upon the release of the minutes showing that the Fed is going to “slow” down its hikes. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — which decid...
Crypto Investor Protection Does Not Exist
From right, Terrence A. Duffy, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX … [+] US Derivatives, Christopher Edmonds, chief development officer of the Intercontinental ...
Japanese Yen Risks Being Rebranded As The ‘Peso’
Haruhiko Kuroda has the Bank of Japan standing pat while central bankers virtually everywhere else are boosting interest rates. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images The deer-in-the-headlights moment tha...
The Economics Of A Russian Oil Price Cap
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference at IMF headquarters, October … [+] 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Economists o...
Layoffs loom on the horizon, some economists say
From rising inflation to a red-hot job market and the negative gross domestic product in between, economists are divided on the health of the U.S. economy. “There has been a lot of talk recently...
Financial stability regulators to meet on digital assets next week
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, will meet Sept. 23 to work on its report regarding regulatory gaps for digital assets and potential risks posed b...
Putin Admits China Had ‘Concerns’ About Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
Topline In his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, President Vladimir Putin admitted China had “questions and concerns” about the...
Gas Prices May Spike Again This Winter As Europe Cuts Off Russian Oil, Yellen Says
Topline Gas prices could jump again this winter following a months-long decline in the United States, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Sunday, as the European Union plans to largely stop buying ...
Congressman demands answers from Yellen on Tornado Cash sanctions
Crypto booster Congressman Tom Emmer is demanding answers from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for the agency’s recent Tornado Cash sanctions. The Republican from Minnesota took aim at the Treas...
Yellen says the economy is not in a recession despite GDP slump
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday the U.S. economy is in a state of transition, not recession, despite two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Recession, Yellen insisted, is a “...
Watch Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talk live about the state of the U.S. economy
[The stream is slated to start at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks Thursday at a news conference on the stat...
How the Federal Reserve fights inflation through interest rate hikes
Top officials at the Federal Reserve were seeing inflation data come in very hot for months before policymakers moved to wind down monetary policies that were stimulating the economy. A chorus of anal...
The numbers show the U.S. economy is at least teetering on a recession
Foreman Angel Gonzalez and Anthony Harris, with E-Z Bel Construction, work on pipes along Fredericksburg Road during an excessive heat warning in San Antonio, Texas, July 19, 2022. Lisa Krantz | Reute...
U.S. Treasury Secretary on supply chain resilience: Use friend-shoring
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (pictured here at a news conference, ahead of the G-20 meeting in Bali on July 14), said supply chain resilience is a key focus of the Biden-Harris administration....