Government

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump administration officials plugged numbers into their GDP forecasts that seem too favorable to be accurate.

Instead of choosing candidates with backgrounds in economics, his choices will come from the banking and financial sectors.

According to the CFPB 26 million Americans are considered invisible to credit agencies. Today, the agency asked for public feedback on utilizing alternative data to evaluate creditworthiness.

At Tuesday's meeting with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellin discussed the current economy, increasing job growth, interest rates and the uncertain future of Dodd-Frank.

The former Goldman Sachs and OneWest executive was confirmed as the 77th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury on Monday evening.

A soon-to-be proposed bill would convert the head of the watchdog agency into a political appointee who could be dismissed at any time.

In a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, attorneys general felt the need to fight for "an independent and effective CFPB."

Barney Frank, one of the co-authors of the Dodd-Frank Act, told MReport he doesn't expect President Donald Trump's executive order to lead to the end of the signature financial reform law.

Richard Cordray will discuss the Bureau’s priorities in the years to come for an audience of industry and government leaders.

Citing a slowly strengthening economy, the Federal Reserve decided against changing interest rates at their Wednesday meeting.