The Fed Gives Banks a Clean Bill of Health. The Stock Market Hasn’t.
The biggest commercial banks survived in the Federal Reserve’s nightmare hypothetical scenario of an economic collapse. A real-world test is coming. To be sure, if...
Rising Rates Are Battering Mortgage Lenders
Mortgage lenders are scrambling to survive a sharp drop-off in the number of homeowners refinancing their loans, with demand drying up as interest rates rise....
More Subprime Borrowers Are Missing Loan Payments
Consumers with low credit scores are falling behind on payments for car loans, personal loans and credit cards, a sign that the healthiest consumer lending...
A Big Risk Hanging Over European Banks: Leveraged Loans
Europe’s banking regulator is growing antsy about a booming market for banks: loans that fuel riskier borrowers and the global deal-making machine. That corner of...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Says ‘Powerful Forces’ Threaten U.S. Economy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s pandemic boom ended with a 42% drop in profits and a warning: Rising inflation and the war in Ukraine pose big...