>"David Malpass highlights what governments and the private sector can do to build on today’s encouraging trends."

>"Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return."

As some Democratic lawmakers from high-tax states keep pushing for their party’s $3.5 trillion spending plan to include what’s been called SALT relief, one stumbling block has been the cost of such _...Read More_

Should the regulators, the legislators and the commercial banks be working together to bring the number of unbanked down to zero? No. The goal of a modern and forward-looking strategy should be not to bank the unbanked but to unbank the _...Read More_

"Liberalising China’s markets could help generate greater returns for citizens via overseas investments, according to a former official in charge of international payments."

"Following collapses like cake shop chain Patisserie Valerie, the UK government is trying to toughen up the rules around financial reporting."

"The economy needs careful decision-makers as well as risk-takers."

>"Move to hybrid working for accountant’s 17,000 UK employees suggests Covid has changed office life permanently"

>"Policies like forgiving debt for all student loans and giving baby bonds to the whole population won’t be nearly enough to achieve racial wealth parity, an economist says."

"Billions in aid has been dispensed, and the social safety net has been reinforced. Will there be more ambitious steps to address longtime inequities?"

It would seem that moving on to Biden-Romney legislation for a near-universal refundable tax credit for kids—anti-child poverty, pro-family—would be a good bipartisan effort after the COVID relief package goes through via reconciliation.

Helping Low-Income Workers Stay Out of Debt

>"President Donald Trump's tax records show he has pursued expansive business projects in China for years and even maintains a Chinese bank account, _...Read More_