WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. bank regulator approved new final rules aimed at easing leverage requirements for banks, requiring firms to set aside less capital as a cushion against losses of ...

Crypto-collateralized borrowing surged to a record $73.6 billion in the third quarter, marking the sector’s most levered quarter on record, yet the composition of that leverage looks significantly ...

The Federal Reserve flagged vulnerabilities tied to leverage in a semi-annual report on financial stability that said the banking system remained “sound and resilient.” The report, which isn’t a ...

Earlier this month, it was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s turn in the dunk tank when he weighed in on the shutdown with his now infamous remark that “Every day gets better for us.” It’s hard ...

Democrats manufactured a shutdown of much of the government to create leverage to force Republicans to share political blame for a Democratic spending disaster. Yet Democrats still pretend that they ...

EXCLUSIVE: A top House Republican is criticizing one of Democrats’ senior leaders for saying the government shutdown and its effects are a "leverage point" to accomplish their goals on healthcare. "It ...

Americans’ pain is Democrats’ leverage, according to Rep. Katherine Clark, the number two House Democrat: “There will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we ...

WASHINGTON — When funding lapses and the federal government shuts down, the White House always has a degree of latitude to dictate how, and whom, the impacts hit. And President Trump is using that ...

There is a well-founded bit of conventional wisdom that government shutdowns never really work for the side making demands to keep things open. There are many such cases. “I can’t count the number of ...

As visa crackdowns and diplomatic tensions block traditional study-abroad routes, India’s Leverage Edu is helping students reroute their dreams — from Canada to Germany, and from India to Nigeria and ...

President Donald Trump has steamrolled Washington this year with few checks on his authority — until now. Senate Democrats, incensed by unilateral actions made by Trump, his cabinet and especially his ...