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Fed to stress-test 33 banks on weathering global recession

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve said it will analyze in its annual stress tests how 33 large banks, including Bank of America Corp. and...

JPMorgan $12.5B short in Fed systemic-risk charges

JPMorgan Chase & Co. still has a shortfall of as much as $12.5 billion in meeting capital rules approved by the Federal Reserve on...

Fed stress tests show 31 largest banks, including Banco Santander, meet...

(Updated 10:35 a.m.) WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Thursday said all 31 big banks, including U.S. units of Banco Santander SA, subject to...
AT A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON on Tuesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob. J. Lew said there is "no alternative" to raising the debt ceiling before the U.S. exhausts its borrowing authority on Feb. 7. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Lew sees no alternative to Congress raising debt limit

WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew urged Congress to raise the debt limit well in advance of a February deadline, calling an...

Budget deficit in U.S. narrows on record revenue for October

WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget deficit last month narrowed more than economists forecast from a year earlier as rising employment contributed to the strongest...
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS and BlackRock, two of the nation's largest asset managers, are being studied by the new Financial Stability Oversight Council to see if they must be designated as potential risks to the financial system and thus required to meet more stringent regulations. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/BRENT LEWIN

BlackRock, Fidelity face initial risk study by regulators

WASHINGTON - BlackRock Inc. and Fidelity Investments will be studied by U.S. regulators who are in the early stages of reviewing whether asset managers...
AFTER THE U.S. SENATE rejected House amendments to a government spending bill yesterday, the federal government began to shut down for the first time in 17 years. IHS Inc. estimates that a week-long shutdown could cut annualized growth by 0.2 percentage point. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

IHS: Shutdown could cost U.S. economy $300 million a day

WASHINGTON - A partial shutdown of the federal government would cost the U.S. at least $300 million a day in lost economic output at...
U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER John Boehner has promised a "whale of a fight" over the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling, but economists predict that an extended government shutdown over the subject could seriously reduce fourth-quarter economic growth. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Shutdown would shave 4Q U.S. economic growth as much as 1.4%

WASHINGTON - A shutdown of the U.S. government would reduce fourth-quarter economic growth by as much as 1.4 percentage points depending on its length,...

Ending housing programs would hurt recovery, Treasury says

WASHINGTON - Republican efforts to end Obama administration programs aimed at preventing foreclosures would destabilize the housing market, a U.S. Treasury official said. Scrapping the...
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