Politics

Many of the income thresholds governing certain tax credits and deductions don't keep pace with inflation. The result: things are even more expensive.

Americans are facing a $7.1 trillion retirement savings shortfall. Will Congress do anything about it?

American seniors lose much of their income to medical expenses. A new law aims to change that.

The settlement of a gender-based discrimination case against Citi and concerns about a secret agreement between FINRA and Wells Fargo to manipulate the arbitrator selection process are just two developments that have wealth managers on alert.

For a century, Americans were retiring younger and younger. Then, in the 1990s, the average retirement age started to shoot back up. What happened?

Securities arbitration experts say the Investor Justice Act would represent the SEC's first recurring grants for free counsel that's sorely missing.

Recessions clear out economic deadwood and lay the groundwork for the next boom.

The latest move by Democrats to curb the tax benefits for partnership profits interests signals how wealth inequality has become mainstream party ideology.

The bill, which would tax unrealized gains, is not part of the tax and climate deal announced earlier this week.

As the Federal Reserve implemented its second 0.75% rate hike in two months, the chair said the system is able to withstand any financial stability risks that rising rates might create. 

After Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme, Congress formed a whistleblower program to prevent future scams. Now critics say the program itself has become "secretive and out of control."

Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal said the answer to the question of whether the rule has changed anything “remains to be seen.”

The firm's chief strategist, Joseph Zidle, expects the Fed funds rate to rise significantly over a long period of time.

A Goldman Sachs alum, a crypto mogul and a billionaire CEO each name the biggest danger they see on the economic horizon. Their answers may surprise you.

The culture wars can be a minefield for corporations. But that's not keeping firms out of Dallas or Miami.

Wall Street’s regulator is following the recommendations of a little-noticed government watchdog report last year. But it refuses to share the full findings.

The requirement, buried in the $1 trillion infrastructure law passed last year, mirrors one for brokerages and has flown under the radar.

With five charts analyzing the latest figures, separate fact from fiction while Congress keeps failing to enact any comprehensive reform.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo joined Citigroup in pledging to expand benefits to cover travel for out-of-state abortions. Smaller banks in blue states were more vocal, with one female CEO saying: “I stand in disbelief.”

With long COVID a major theme, lawmakers discussed how to increase access to financial services for people with disabilities.