#Economic-Policy
Events indexed under #Economic-Policy — 30 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | World Liberty Financial Nears OCC Conditional Approval for National Trust Bank Charter to Custody USD1
3 src World Liberty Financial · Zach Witkoff · WLTC Holdings LLC · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-20 | Bessent Invokes Rare Authority to Mint 24-Karat Gold Coin Bearing Living President Trump's Image
3 src Scott Bessent · Donald Trump · U.S. Mint · Commission of Fine Arts · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-19 | WLFI Treasury Company AI Financial Files SEC Going-Concern Warning; Locked Tokens Down to $706M From $1.46B
2 src AI Financial · World Liberty Financial · Zach Witkoff · Zachary Folkman | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-14 | Warren and Reed Demand DOJ/Treasury Probe of World Liberty Financial Token Sales to Sanctioned Actors
2 src Elizabeth Warren · Jack Reed · Scott Bessent · Todd Blanche · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-13 | Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair 54-45; Powell Stays as Board Governor
2 src Kevin Warsh · Jerome Powell · Scott Bessent · JD Vance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-13 | Trump Gulf Tour: $2.2T AI/Tech Pledges; Chip Export Ban Reversed for UAE and Saudi Arabia
2 src Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · Mohammed bin Zayed · Sheikh Tamim al-Thani · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-09 | Trump Promises $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' Payments Despite Insufficient Revenue and Treasury Secretary Skepticism
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | Trump Issues Executive Orders Modifying China Tariff Rates and Fentanyl-Related Duties
3 src Trump · White House | reported | |
| 2025-08-13 | Trump Revokes Executive Order on Competition
5 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-01 | McKinsey Develops Saudi Vision 2030 Economic Blueprint for Crown Prince MBS
7 src McKinsey & Company · McKinsey Global Institute · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-06 | Holder Testifies Some Banks Are Too Big to Jail
3 src Eric Holder · Department of Justice · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2001-07-13 | Argentina Passes 'Zero Deficit Law' Under IMF Pressure, Cutting Salaries and Pensions 13%
3 src International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa · Domingo Cavallo · Argentine Congress | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-25 | IMF Concludes Comprehensive Structural Adjustment in Southeast Asia
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Governments · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-07 | Carter Signs Chrysler Bailout, Corporate Welfare Precedent Set
3 src Jimmy Carter · Lee Iacocca | confirmed | |
| 1979-10-06 | Volcker Shock - Federal Reserve Raises Rates to 20%, Recession Begins
3 src Paul Volcker · Jimmy Carter | confirmed | |
| 1979-01-01 | Wage Stagnation Era Begins: Productivity-Pay Gap Opens as Union Power Collapses
3 src American workers · Corporate management · Federal Reserve · Business Roundtable | confirmed | |
| 1975-10-29 | Ford Refuses NYC Bailout, "Drop Dead" Headline, Austerity Era Begins
3 src Gerald Ford · William Simon · Alan Greenspan · Donald Rumsfeld · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1974-06-08 | US-Saudi Economic Commission Agreement Signed
3 src Henry Kissinger · Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz · Richard Nixon · Saudi Arabia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1971-08-15 | Nixon Ends Gold Standard, Bretton Woods System Collapses
3 src Richard Nixon · John Connally · Paul Volcker · Arthur Burns | confirmed | |
| 1971-08-15 | Nixon's New Economic Policy: Unilateral Price Controls, Gold-Window Closure, and 10% Import Surcharge Demonstrate Peak Imperial Presidency
3 src Richard Nixon · John Connally · Arthur Burns · Paul Volcker · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1970-09-13 | Milton Friedman's 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits' Establishes Shareholder Primacy Doctrine
3 src Milton Friedman · Chicago School economists | confirmed | |
| 1946-02-20 | Employment Act of 1946 Gutted, Full Employment Guarantee Abandoned
3 src U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1937-05-01 | Roosevelt Recession Begins After Conservative Treasury Secretary Persuades FDR to Cut Spending 17 Percent
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Henry Morgenthau Jr. · Federal Reserve · U.S. Treasury Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1935-08-30 | Revenue Act of 1935 Enacts "Wealth Tax" on Highest Incomes
4 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · John D. Rockefeller · Business community · Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 1897-07-24 | Dingley Tariff Enacts Highest Protective Rates in History - Corporate Shield
3 src William McKinley · Nelson Dingley Jr. · Republican Party · Industrial trusts · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1896-07-09 | William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech - Populist Challenge to Corporate Power
3 src William Jennings Bryan · Democratic National Convention · Populist Party · Eastern banking interests · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1837-05-10 | Panic of 1837 Begins as Banks Refuse Specie Conversion, Triggering Five-Year Depression
6 src Martin Van Buren · Andrew Jackson · New York banks · State banks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1836-07-11 | Jackson Issues Specie Circular Requiring Hard Money for Land Purchases, Triggering Credit Contraction
3 src Andrew Jackson · Levi Woodbury · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1832-07-10 | Jackson Vetoes Second Bank Recharter, Triggering Financial Manipulation by Both Sides
3 src Andrew Jackson · Nicholas Biddle · Henry Clay · Daniel Webster · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1816-04-27 | Tariff of 1816 Establishes Protectionism as Core of American System Economic Policy
3 src Henry Clay · U.S. Congress · Northern manufacturers · Southern planters | confirmed |