Ryan Rainey

By Ryan Rainey and Morgan Halvorsen Morning Consult Finance will be off for the Labor Day holiday. Publication of the morning briefs and afternoon updates will resume Tuesday. Week in Review Wells Fargo investigates gender bias, expense policy violations Wells Fargo & Co. is internally investigating allegations of gender bias in its wealth management leadership, […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories Wells Fargo & Co. is internally investigating allegations of gender bias in its wealth management leadership, according to executives familiar with the probe. (The Wall Street Journal) President Donald Trump gave further momentum to an idea floated by some administration officials to tie capital gains taxes to inflation, which would […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories Companies that are unable to find sufficient amounts or a high quality of steel or aluminum from domestic producers are now allowed to receive relief from federal steel and aluminum quotas under orders signed by President Donald Trump, according to the Commerce Department. Trump signed proclamations that would ease the […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories The Senate confirmed Richard Clarida, a Columbia University professor and managing director at the investment firm PIMCO for over a decade, to serve as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. The chamber approved Clarida’s bid in a 69-26 vote. (The Washington Post) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will have a […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories As part of an aid package for farmers affected by other countries’ retaliation for the Trump administration’s tariffs, the federal government is set to make $4.7 billion in direct payments to farmers, including $3.6 billion to soybean growers, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Reuters) The Securities and Exchange […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories Negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico are on the verge of coming to an agreement for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement deal, with the United States and Mexico coming closer to deals on sensitive bilateral issues like automobile trade along with agricultural and energy trade, according […]

By Morgan Halvorsen Week in Review U.S. trade disputes continue Two days of trade discussions in Washington between U.S. and Chinese officials ended without any major progress announced from either side, making it likely that the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries will continue. President Donald Trump accused China and Europe of currency manipulation […]

By Ryan Rainey Top Stories Two days of trade discussions in Washington between U.S. and Chinese officials ended Thursday night without any major progress announced from either side, making it likely that the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries will continue. (Financial Times) The Internal Revenue Service proposed rules that would neutralize some states’ […]

By Morgan Halvorsen and Ryan Rainey Top Stories President Donald Trump said he thinks stocks would crash and economic growth figures that have rallied throughout his presidency would go “in reverse” if he’s impeached. The remarks came in a Fox News interview in which he responded to this week’s guilty plea of his personal lawyer, […]

By Sei Chong Top Stories President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to look into changing from a quarterly reporting system for corporate earnings results to a twice-yearly system to “allow greater flexibility & save money.” Some executives have said that reporting earnings on a quarterly […]