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By Julianna Goldman and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
President Barack Obama said the automatic spending cuts set to kick in today will be a “slow grind” on the economy and that it may take weeks to win over enough lawmakers from both parties to reach a deal on a replacement deficit-cutting plan.
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By Sholom Sanik |
January 23, 2013
Since biodiesel broke onto the scene in a meaningful way in the mid-2000s, approximately 10%-15% of U.S. soybean oil output has been used for biodiesel.
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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
House Republicans plan to vote next week on a three-month extension of U.S. borrowing authority in an effort to force the Democratic-led Senate to adopt a budget plan.
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By Michael McFarlin |
January 8, 2013
Some pundits recently have advocated the Treasury Department mint special $1 trillion coins to side-step the looming debt ceiling fight. But would it work?
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
Fresh from one budget fight, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation’s debt limit.
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By David J. Lynch |
November 28, 2012
Three out of four global investors expect President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to avert Jan. 1 spending cuts and tax increases.
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By Aki Ito |
November 13, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the U.S. central bank can’t act as a backstop for the economy if lawmakers don't avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
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By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee |
September 21, 2012
The U.S. Congress is scheduled to leave Washington this week to focus on the fall elections. They have postponed the consideration of the major components of the “fiscal cliff”
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By Dawn Kopecki, Robert Schmidt and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
September 6, 2012
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s wrong-way bets on derivatives are the focus of an escalating probe by a U.S. Senate panel led by Carl Levin that has grilled executives from banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc.
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By Press Release |
July 25, 2012
Written testimony of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler before the House Committee on Agriculture in which he discusses Dodd-Frank, Libor enforcement actions and PFGBest.