| 2026-07-09 | Fed Chair Warsh Appoints a16z's Marc Andreessen to Co-Lead AI Productivity Task Force
2 src Kevin Warsh · Marc Andreessen · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | Iran War Drives U.S. Inflation to 3.8% — Highest in Nearly Three Years; Gas Above $4/Gallon; Brent at $105
2 src Federal Reserve · International Energy Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Lead Prosecutor in DOJ Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell Replaced
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-28 | Federal Reserve Refuses to Comply with DOJ Grand Jury Subpoenas Against Powell
3 src Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-21 | Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Cook, Justices Skeptical of Presidential Power to Fire Federal Reserve Governors
4 src Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · U.S. Supreme Court · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-10 | DOJ Serves Fed Chair Powell with Grand Jury Subpoena in Unprecedented Criminal Investigation
3 src Jerome Powell · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Bill Pulte · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents
7 src Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-15 | Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role
2 src Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve · Council of Economic Advisers | | reported |
| 2025-09-04 | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Attempts First-Ever Firing of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook Sues
2 src Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · Bill Pulte · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-15 | FHFA Director Pulte Uses Mortgage Data to Target Fed Governor Lisa Cook
3 src William Pulte · Lisa Cook · Federal Reserve · FHFA · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting 'Debanking' Based on Political Views
2 src Donald Trump · White House · Federal Reserve · FDIC · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler Resigns Early, Opening Seat for Trump Appointee
3 src Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · Jerome Powell | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | Liberation Day Market Crash: S&P 500 Drops 10.5% in Two Days, $6.6 Trillion Wiped Out in Largest Two-Day Loss in History
7 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Federal Reserve · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 2023-03-10 | Silicon Valley Bank Collapses in $212 Billion Bank Run, Third-Largest U.S. Bank Failure Caused by Regulatory Rollback
3 src Greg Becker · FDIC · Federal Reserve · Elizabeth Warren · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-07-07 | Deutsche Bank fined $150 million for processing Epstein transactions including payments to co-conspirators
3 src Deutsche Bank · Jeffrey Epstein · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 2019-06-25 | U.S. Student Debt Surpasses $1.6 Trillion - 107% Increase in a Decade
3 src Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-24 | Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz
3 src Donald Trump · Greg Becker · Mark Warner · Elizabeth Warren · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-02-02 | Federal Reserve Imposes Unprecedented Asset Cap on Wells Fargo
3 src Federal Reserve · Janet Yellen · Wells Fargo Board |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-08 | Russian Agents Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Attend NRA Annual Meeting, Meet Federal Reserve Vice Chairman
2 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 2011-12-01 | GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans
3 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-16 | Federal Reserve Provides $85 Billion Emergency Loan to AIG, Eventually Growing to $182 Billion in Total Taxpayer Commitments to Bail Out Insurance Giant That Gambled on Credit Default Swaps, Followed by $165 Million in Executive Bonuses Paid to Employees Who Caused the Crisis
3 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Timothy Geithner · Henry Paulson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-15 | Lehman Brothers Files Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History with $639 Billion in Assets After Government Refuses Bailout, Creating Arbitrary 'Too Big to Fail' Enforcement Where Bear Stearns and AIG Were Rescued But Lehman Was Allowed to Collapse, Triggering Global Financial Panic
2 src Lehman Brothers · Henry Paulson · Ben Bernanke · Timothy Geithner · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2008-07-01 | Bank of America Completes $4 Billion Acquisition of Countrywide Financial After Predatory Lending and Fraud Schemes Targeting Minorities Caused $50 Billion in Losses, with CEO Angelo Mozilo Paying Only $67.5 Million SEC Settlement and Facing Zero Criminal Charges
4 src Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · Securities and Exchange Commission · Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2006-12-01 | Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies Surge to 13%, Nearly Double Mid-2005 Rates, as Crisis Accelerates
3 src Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 2006-09-29 | Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings
4 src Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Office of Thrift Supervision · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2006-07-01 | Housing Bubble Peaks as Predatory Subprime Lending Reaches Maximum, Setting Stage for Collapse
3 src Countrywide Financial · Washington Mutual · Federal Reserve · Rating agencies |
| confirmed |
| 2006-06-01 | Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to 5.25%, Triggering Payment Shock for Subprime Borrowers
2 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke |
| confirmed |
| 1998-12-31 | Asian Financial Crisis: Comprehensive Economic Transformation
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Multinational Corporations · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1998-09-30 | NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
4 src Federal Reserve · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1998-09-01 | Federal Reserve Grants Citigroup Temporary Waiver for Glass-Steagall Violation
10 src Federal Reserve · Alan Greenspan · Citicorp · Sandy Weill · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 1998-06-15 | Corporate Exploitation of Asian Financial Crisis Structural Adjustment
3 src Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 1998-05-07 | Coordinated Regulatory Opposition Suppresses CFTC Derivatives Oversight Inquiry
4 src Brooksley Born · Alan Greenspan · Robert Rubin · Arthur Levitt · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 1979-01-01 | Wage Stagnation Era Begins: Productivity-Pay Gap Opens as Union Power Collapses
3 src American workers · Federal Reserve · Business Roundtable |
| confirmed |
| 1977-10-12 | Community Reinvestment Act Passed to Combat Redlining, Banking Industry Resists
3 src Jimmy Carter · American Bankers Association · Federal Reserve · FDIC |
| confirmed |
| 1974-10-28 | Equal Credit Opportunity Act and RESPA Pass After Industry Lobbying Weakens Enforcement
3 src U.S. Congress · Gerald Ford · American Bankers Association · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 1972-12-01 | Business Roundtable Established as CEO Coordination Body for Corporate Political Power
3 src John Connally · Arthur Burns · U.S. Treasury · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 1937-05-01 | Roosevelt Recession Begins After Conservative Treasury Secretary Persuades FDR to Cut Spending 17 Percent
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Reserve · U.S. Treasury Department | | confirmed |
| 1934-01-30 | Gold Reserve Act Nationalizes Gold Holdings and Devalues Dollar Over Wall Street Opposition
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Reserve · Wall Street · +1 | | confirmed |
| 1933-03-09 | Emergency Banking Act Passes in Eight Hours to Stabilize Collapsing Banking System
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Congress · Federal Reserve · Banking industry |
| confirmed |
| 1933-03-06 | FDR Declares National Bank Holiday, Closing All Banks to Stop Collapse of Financial System
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Banking industry · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 1931-06-01 | Banking Crisis Accelerates with 2,300 Bank Failures in 1931 as Hoover Resists Federal Intervention
4 src Herbert Hoover · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |
| 1929-08-01 | Investment Trust Leverage Pyramids Reach Unsustainable Peak
3 src Goldman Sachs · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |
| 1928-01-01 | Margin Buying Explosion Enables Rampant Stock Market Speculation
3 src Federal Reserve · Goldman Sachs | | confirmed |
| 1927-02-25 | McFadden Act Perpetuates Banking Fragmentation, Prohibits Interstate Branching
3 src Calvin Coolidge · U.S. Congress · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |
| 1920-06-01 | Farm Crisis Begins as Agricultural Prices Collapse While Debt Remains
3 src Andrew Mellon · Federal Reserve · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |