Author: Alexis Simendinger

The Hill’s Morning Report — Yellen says banking system ‘sound.’ What will Fed do next?

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. In the global banking world, a week that began with high anxiety is ending in both relief and trepidation. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured lawmakers during testimony on Thursday…

The Hill’s Morning Report — Swiss bank troubles prompt question: More ahead?

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Investors on Wednesday were so spooked about cracks opening in the global financial system, including at 166-year-old Credit Suisse, that Switzerland’s central bank threw a liquidity lifeline to the…

The Hill’s Morning Report — Government scrambles to help struggling banks

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Federal regulators on Sunday frantically worked to inoculate the financial system from bank runs and confusion by announcing protection for all depositors as well as taxpayers following sudden insolvencies…

The Hill’s Morning Report — Fed chairman: Job losses ‘very likely’

Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Financial markets didn’t want to hear it. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), armed with data, objected. And some Republican senators, worried that the doctor caused the illness, described themselves as…