Politics

The FOMC meets June 13-14. Join us June 15 at 2 p.m., Eastern time, as Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at Payden & Rygel, provides his take on the meeting statement, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell's press conference and the latest Fed projections.

Former First Republic CEO Michael Roffler, in his first public comments since the failure of the bank, said changes to deposit insurance would be worthwhile for Congress to consider.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended the administration's systemic risk exception and said regulators will backstop small banks that pose contagion risk.

More than 140 current and former lawmakers are defending the constitutionality of the agency's funding arrangements. The nation's highest court is expected to rule on the issue in its upcoming term.

Comments from Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman last week show that supervisory reforms outlined by the Fed's top regulatory official could meet significant opposition, policy analysts say.

The withdrawn loan level pricing adjustment matrix changes were mostly about election-year politics and the Federal Housing Finance Agency's plan for credit scoring changes is even more impractical, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.

The Federal Reserve meeting May 2-3 will be closely watched for hints about what the FOMC's next move is. Join BNP Pariba U.S. Economist Yelena Shulyatyeva at 11 a.m. May 4 as she takes a look at the meeting and Chair Powell's press conference.

The Federal Reserve Board governor also called for the Fed to commission an independent investigation into the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.

Speaking before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual meeting, Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang said liquidity and interest rate risk in the banking sector is being managed, but said fears of risk mounting in the nonbank sector are a source of concern.

The Federal Reserve Board governor said adopting policies on climate change are not necessary and risk hurting the central bank's credibility.

The move cancels the fee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have imposed on certain loans for which the borrower's total debt exceeded 40%.

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a law that will offer loans to minority borrowers to help cover down payments and closing costs. Supporters say it will benefit groups that were victimized by racially restrictive real estate covenants.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's report from its inspector general calls for clarity around the government guarantors rapid relocation extinguishment processes.

Changes to loan-level price adjustments are perfectly consistent with the FHA's mission and with the safety and soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Federal Reserve chair said he holds himself accountable for ensuring proper regulatory and supervisory changes are enacted in response to recent bank failures.

Lenders would be required to assess a borrower's ability to repay such a loan.

The California Reinvestment Coalition, the group behind the assessment, is calling for increased nonbank oversight.

The legislative proposals backed by Republican members of congress seek to undo the latest cross-subsidized adjustments to loan fees that two large government-related mortgage investors charge.

In a highly anticipated report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr says the bank's own mismanagement and an acquiescent supervisory structure created the conditions for the bank to fail.

The parties responded to the Federal Trade Commission's court filing that sought an injunction to halt their merger pending an internal adjudication.