Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Fourth Federal District Court Looks Likely to Uphold Fiduciary Rule

The Department of Labor is likely to delay implementation of the fiduciary rule beyond the original April 10 compliance deadline.

EPA Failures Predate Trump: Evidence Emerges of Tropical Parasites in Rural America

EPA and other regulatory failures that predate the Trump administration have left some poor rural communities swimming in sewage.

How Companies Shape Climate Change Agenda: Thousands of Emails from Oklahoma Office of Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Published

Emails document how fossil fuel interests worked with EPA head Scott Pruitt while he was Oklahoma AG to thwart climate change policies.

As US Attorney, Trump Labor Secretary Nominee Enabled Drug and Biotechnology Executives’ Impunity

Yet another Trump appointee who was soft on big business misconduct.

Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking

The £1 billion HBOS Reading fraud, my part in exposing it, and what it tells us about the state of British banking

Wolf Richter: “Seriously Delinquent” Auto Loans Surge

Auto loans are have been looking awfully bubbly….and the hangover has begun.

The CFPB’s Big Opponent, Jeb Hensarling, Rivals Trump in the “Make Stuff Up” Category

House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling takes his best shot at the CFPB and fails to land a single blow.

In California Farm Country, Trump’s Deportation Threat Looms Large

A closer look at America’s dependence on de facto sanctioned but nevertheless illegal farm workers,

“Civil Rights Groups” Throw Public Under the Bus on Net Neutrality for Their Big Telco Donors

How the big telcos have bought off so-called civil rights groups, who are pushing hard to end net neutrality.

Trump’s and Hensarling’s Fact-Free Attack on Dodd Frank

Debunking Republican canards about Dodd Frank.

Bill Black: New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Tries to Make Hank Paulson a Hero

As part of reviewing Obama’s legacy, Bill Black eviscerates how Sorkin’s book tried to exhonorate Hank Paulson for his crisis performance.

Republicans Deploy CRA Authority to Roll Back Regulations

Republicans move to deploy authority provided by the 1996 Congressional Review Act to void regulations passed since June 2016.

Brexit Big Lie: UK Could Have Reduced EU Immigration by 82% Under EU Rules

Contrary to Tory and pro-Brexit propaganda, the UK has plenty of power under EU rules to reduce immigration.

Chinese Mortgages Tighten Fast

Chinese mortgages, which have been the driver of credit growth, are now hard to get. Is this just a short-term tightening?

Cruz’s Plan to End State Regulation of Health Insurers Would Nationalize Worst Market Practices

Dean Baker discusses why some Republican health care fixes are anything but.