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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The CFPB and the Future of Confirmations
When Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in 2010 under the Dodd-Frank Act, it made the head of the new agency a presidential appointee whose confirmation must be approved by the Senate.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Remember the Electoral College
A poll released exclusively to the Washington, D.C.-based newspaper The Hill yesterday shows former Vice President Joe Biden’s national lead over President Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race at 12 points
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Looking Down Ballot
Last week, we discussed the state of the campaign for the White House, but President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will not be the only two candidates with their names on the ballot this November.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
What Does Current Polling Say About November?
In a normal presidential election year, June headlines would be filled with speculation about who the White House challenger will pick as a running mate
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The Impact of COVID-19 on State Budgets Will Ripple to the Broader Economy
What type of economic recovery will the U.S. see in the coming months? U, V, or W—or will it be more like a swoosh?
Fixed Income Insights
May 2020 Fixed Income Market Update
This piece is approved to use with clients.
In our view, the markets feel much healthier at the end of April than a month ago, but underappreciated in the improved sentiment is not only the scale of March policy action, but its continuation into April. Actions announced in April would ordinarily have remained in headlines and discussion for weeks, but the nearly half trillion dollar U.S. fiscal stimulus package has been treated almost as a footnote to its much larger cousin in March. Similarly, Fed and other central banks not only continued to implement the massive programs initiated last month, but significantly expanded on them.