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The Federal Reserve Board would become far more diverse if Sarah Bloom Raskin, Philip Jefferson and Lisa Cook are confirmed by the Senate. Jefferson and Cook are respected economists seen as likely to get the nod, but Republicans will challenge Raskin's assertions that bank regulators can play a vital role in combating climate change.

The Federal Reserve Board would become far more diverse if Sarah Bloom Raskin, Philip Jefferson and Lisa Cook are confirmed by the Senate. Jefferson and Cook are respected economists seen as likely to get the nod, but Republicans will challenge Raskin's assertions that bank regulators can play a vital role in combating climate change.

Throughout 2021, the SEC followed through on its commitment to aggressively enforce the federal securities laws in digital assets markets. These efforts have resulted in the SEC...

While the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement would “create benefits for key industrial sectors,” a leader of the House of Representatives asked the government to protect local farmers from the “downsides” of global trade through more market access and investments in agriculture. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman…

State-run Land Bank of the Philippines on Sunday said it has approved a 15-year, P200-million loan for the municipal government of Calayan in Cagayan to fund infrastructure for development and recovery efforts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC have stepped in to penalize these newest forms of fraud. Federal agencies will award whistleblowers who provide original information that meets specific criteria.

In September 2021, the market capitalization for digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs, was valued at $2.14 trillion. The cryptocurrency market has attracted a variety of...

Although the petroleum giants have a laundry list of complaints, they continue to make bank.

Global Finance presents its inaugural annual listing of the best global, regional and national banks that serve SMEs, for more than 60 countries and regions.

<p><span>The COVID-19 pandemic and the mitigation efforts put in place to contain it delivered the most severe blow to the U.S. and global economies since the Great Depression.</span><a title="footnote 1" href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/clarida20211130a.htm#fn1"><span>1</span></a><a name="f1"></a><span> Gross domestic product (GDP) collapsed at a nearly 33 percent annual rate...