Series on Financial Markets and Regulation

A retired couple take in the ocean during a visit to the beach in La Jolla, California January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E9190GEM01

The retirement revolution

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Friday, June 8, 2018

U.S. postal workers load their trucks with mail for delivery from their postal station in Carlsbad, California February 6, 2013. The Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August in its latest effort to cut costs after losing nearly $16 billion last fiscal year, the cash-strapped mail agency said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS) - GM1E92708HM01

Against Postal Banking

Peter Conti-Brown

Thursday, May 31, 2018

People walk on Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC192578E210

No, Dodd-Frank was neither repealed nor gutted. Here’s what really happened

Friday, May 25, 2018

Clusters and innovation districts: Lessons from the United States experience

Martin Neil Baily and Nicholas Montalbano

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

A volunteer displays jars of dried cannabis buds at the La Brea Collective medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California, March 18, 2014. The dispensary is on a list released by the city of over 100 stores that meet some of the requirements of a voter-approved measure.

Banking regulations create mess for marijuana industry, banks, and law enforcement

Monday, April 23, 2018

People demonstrate a high security digital unit built by Motion Pay, that allows customers to pay in Chinese yuan renminbi using Chinese online money payment services "WeChat Pay", and "Alipay", where payments get converted to Canadian dollars at point of sales locations in Canadian stores and businesses, in Toronto, Canada, May 24, 2017.

How new technologies can enhance anti-money laundering efforts and provide financial access

Michael Barr, Karen Gifford, and Aaron Klein

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, acting CFPB director, testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) semi-annual report to Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC18329523D0

On fair lending, Mulvaney’s actions at CFPB speak louder than his words

Makada Henry-Nickie

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators carry dollar signs past the New York Stock Exchange during a protest against the rising national student debt, in New York, April 25, 2012. The protest marched from Union Square to Wall Street; two people were arrested during the protest. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION) - RTR3186S

Bipartisanship in banking is back

Sunday, March 4, 2018

A section of the Great Wall of China is pictured.

Understanding ‘ring-fencing’ and how it could make banking riskier

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

A customer uses an ATM at a Bank of America branch.

America’s poor subsidize wealthier consumers in a vicious income inequality cycle

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney (L) participates as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1D038BBA60

CFPB’s retreat from collecting mortgage data should sound alarm bells

Makada Henry-Nickie and Aaron Klein

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

An exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange March 25, 2009. U.S. stocks jumped on Wednesday as upbeat housing and durable goods data fueled hopes that the toll taken by the recession may be abating, lifting shares of big manufacturers, banks and home builders. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Financial markets stay open when the government shuts down—so should their regulators

Monday, January 22, 2018

Homes are seen for sale in the northwest area of Portland, Oregon, in this file photo taken March 20, 2014. U.S. home resales surged to their highest level in 18 months in March as inventories improved, a sign of strength in the housing market ahead of the spring selling season. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola/Files - TM3EB4M0S7J01

Supporting mortgage lending in rural communities

Michael Calhoun, Tom Feltner, and Peter Smith

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to the media at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he began work earlier in the day after being named acting director by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HP1EDBR1NHP0J

As leadership shifts, what to watch for at the CFPB

Makada Henry-Nickie and Aaron Klein

Monday, December 18, 2017

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin sits after swearing-in Joseph M. Otting as Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1487FF4710

Biggest financial regulation stories of 2017, and what to watch in 2018

Martin Neil Baily and Aaron Klein

Thursday, December 14, 2017