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Fed’s 2026 Rate Cuts: Miran’s Push vs CBO’s Caution on Inflation

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

Fed Governor Stephen Miran said “well over 10...

He argues underlying inflation is already nea...

Most Fed officials are far more cautious, wit...

The CBO similarly expects only gradual easing...

Fed Governance, Balance Sheet & Losses: What Ends Dec 1, 2025 Mean for Policy

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

The Fed’s statutory mandate spans five core f...

Its governance structure centers on a seven-m...

The current Board is led by Chair Jerome H. P...

Recent CRS data highlight a shrinking balance...

New Laws Shift Focus: Reputational Risk Removed from Bank Supervision and Debanking Guidance

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

OCC and FDIC proposed rules to bar use of “re...

Congressional bills including the FIRM Act an...

ACA International and other banking trade gro...

Key uncertainties are how “reputation risk” i...

Why Basel III Endgame and Bank Lending Mix, Not Just Fed Rates, Will Shape Growth

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

With QT fading, regulators' capital and risk-...

The Basel III endgame would materially raise ...

The policy goal is to measure and steer loan-...

Key uncertainties include impacts on borrowin...

New U.S. Stablecoin Rules Under the GENIUS Act: What Banks Need to Know

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

OCC, FDIC, and the Federal Reserve have resci...

In December 2025, the OCC conditionally appro...

The GENIUS Act (July 2025) established a fede...

Key uncertainties remain on charter and activ...

EU Must Tackle Risk Perception to Unleash Startup Growth Through 28th Regime & Scaleup Fund

Europe Policy Other Investment Pools and Funds

Europe’s main start-up bottleneck is systemic...

With public actors already supplying a large ...

The EU’s Startup & Scaleup Strategy (28th Reg...

Proposed levers include success-contingent fu...

ACA Subsidy Cuts Threaten Millions With Spiking Premiums as Eligibility Tightens

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

In 2025, about 24 million Marketplace enrolle...

Premium subsidies are calculated from househo...

Under the enhanced rules, benchmark Silver pr...

If enhanced subsidies expire after 2025, the ...

BC’s Pharmacare Expansion: What $670M Deal Means for Drug Coverage & Gaps

Americas Policy Health Care and Social Assistance

BC signed a federal pharmacare deal worth ove...

The plan builds on BC's existing free prescri...

PharmaCare is also updating policies on prost...

Patient advocates argue major gaps remain bec...

2025 Reconciliation Law’s Healthcare Cuts Threaten Coverage, Medicaid, Rural Hospitals

Americas Policy General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

The 2025 budget law (P.L. 119-21) cuts roughl...

Medicaid adds an 80-hours/month work or commu...

ACA marketplace coverage faces shorter open e...

Medicare trims Part D low-income subsidies an...

Senate Nears Deal to Revive ACA Subsidies: Key Caps, Insurer Rules & A Health Savings Twist

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

A bipartisan Senate group is close to a deal ...

The emerging plan would extend the credits fo...

It also considers letting recipients in year ...

Even with an agreement, passage is uncertain ...