Brookings Institution

• U.S. Poverty Nearing Highest Rate Since 1965

  By Staff Writer  |  July 25, 2012

  More bad news on the economy, as the ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels not seen in nearly 40 years.

• NCUA Hires Permanent Media Spokesman

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 6, 2012

  Agency gets full-time voice.

• DeMarco: Strategic Defaults Could Quickly Wipe Out Principal Forgiveness Gains

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 12, 2012

  FHFA Director defends principal forgiveness math.

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  Wai to Retire as NAFCU's Top Economist

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 13, 2012

  After 25 years in the job, Tun Wai to step down in February.

• CFPB to Begin Regulating Non-Banks

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 5, 2012

  Cordray follows Wednesday's recess appointment with Thursday call to action.

• Federal Reserve Conference Pulls In Interchange Cap Skeptics

  By David Morrison  |  April 6, 2011

  WASHINGTON — Skeptics dominated a conference on the impact of a proposed cap on debit interchange that was held on the same day Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke informed Congress that the Fed will miss an April 21 deadline to announce the regulation's final version.

• On-Site Coverage: Interchange Cap Could Retard Electronic Payments System

  By David Morrison  |  March 29, 2011

  WASHINGTON — A former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors under the Clinton Administration likened the proposed cap on debit interchange to “pushing paper mail over email.”