Any bureaucracy will build itself a palace if given the chance. This one is a threat to its independence.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-fed-mahal-is-an-act-of-central-bank-self-sabotage-powell-trump-143e945f?mod=rss_markets_main
The FHFA was right to open the door to VantageScore. The time for credit-score competition has come.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/more-data-means-less-mortgage-risk-b5a77f5f?mod=rss_markets_main
America’s track record of backing weak companies doesn’t inspire confidence in the idea of a sovereign-wealth fund.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-dont-need-another-solyndra-sovereign-wealth-fund-6622d701?mod=rss_markets_main
The regulator frees small banks from asset rules meant for the giants.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fdic-regulatory-creep-inflation-banks-travis-hill-81a646b4?mod=rss_markets_main
There’s a reason the FHFA has long rejected so-called lenders choice. It isn’t a real win for competition and increases risk.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-risky-race-to-the-bottom-on-housing-credit-b7916f60?mod=rss_markets_main
U.S. copper prices are trading at records ahead of the 50% tariff that the president has promised to impose on imports.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/new-copper-mines-trump-tariffs-1659321d?mod=rss_markets_main
The metal is used in manufacturing everything from automobiles to mobile phones.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/copper-prices-tariffs-explained-a6644db7?mod=rss_markets_main
Strong industrial demand brings the precious metal’s highest price levels in more than a decade.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/silver-prices-surge-8afe2e4b?mod=rss_markets_main
Forecasts for a hotter-than-normal summer and more expensive natural gas mean pricier power.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/americans-electric-bills-are-headed-higher-with-the-temperatures-d454a030?mod=rss_markets_main
Investors are pouring money into the precious metal, and Diamond District merchants are reaping the benefit.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/a-historic-gold-rush-is-under-way-from-wall-street-to-main-street-dd3af3a5?mod=rss_markets_main
The bills establish standards for stablecoins, lay out rules for crypto exchanges and ban central-bank digital currencies.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/crypto-bills-congress-43014009?mod=rss_markets_main
The U.S. dollar’s first-half decline against peer currencies was its steepest in more than 50 years.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/us-dollar-value-spending-power-travel-aeae581a?mod=rss_markets_main
The company, controlled by billionaire Barry Silbert, is following Gemini and Circle in seeking to tap the public markets.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/grayscale-joins-queue-of-crypto-firms-filing-to-go-public-2872f108?mod=rss_markets_main
Trump’s pro-crypto policies, corporate stockpiling and a stock-market rebound helped fuel the latest rally.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/bitcoins-path-to-a-new-all-time-high-in-charts-b10370f1?mod=rss_markets_main
The brokerage will allow European customers to trade more than 200 U.S. stocks and ETFs as digital tokens and is developing its own blockchain.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/robinhood-goes-all-in-on-crypto-with-major-product-push-c70eae79?mod=rss_markets_main
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator says VantageScore can now be used to underwrite home loans, weighing on FICO’s stock.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/mortgage-loan-vantagescore-fico-challenge-01841472?mod=rss_markets_main
India has barred Jane Street from the country’s financial markets and said it would seize around $570 million that the U.S. securities firm made from allegedly fraudulent trades.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/india-cracks-down-on-jane-streets-lucrative-derivatives-trades-b59b0c17?mod=rss_markets_main
A national banking charter would allow the company to hold its stablecoin reserves on its own balance sheet.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/ripple-seeks-a-u-s-banking-license-adding-to-list-of-crypto-companies-e007afa4?mod=rss_markets_main
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said loosening the requirements would help bolster the U.S. economy.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/u-s-regulators-move-to-ease-financial-crisis-era-bank-capital-rules-fb526e9a?mod=rss_markets_main
The Justice Department is making a push to disrupt the schemes, which use social media to find buyers for risky stocks.https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/obscure-chinese-stock-scams-dupe-american-investors-by-the-thousands-8416f795?mod=rss_markets_main