Katherine Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning journalist who writes about finance, work and family, with over a decade of experience as a Washington correspondent at Bloomberg News and Newhouse News Service.
Posted: 10/14/2011 12:00:00 AM
Every day seems to bring fresh bad news about the housing market. Sales are down, foreclosures are up, mortgages are harder to obtain. Americans had better get used to it -- the housing mess is un…
Posted: 9/29/2011 12:00:00 AM
Shannon Greene, CFO of a Fort Worth leather supplier, ruefully recalls what happened to her business the last time Washington overhauled financial regulations. To comply with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxl…
Posted: 9/12/2011 9:22:00 AM
When Mary Schapiro took the helm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, many said she was the perfect choice to revitalize an agency mired in controversy and low morale after failing to s…
Posted: 9/6/2011 11:42:00 AM
Until the Senate confirms a director, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot impose rules on some of the worst actors in the 2008 financial crisis: payday lenders and non-bank mortgag…
Posted: 7/19/2011 2:57:00 PM
Posted: 7/19/2011 2:30:00 PM
Next to health care reform, no other recent legislation has caught as much heat as financial regulation. Born of the subprime housing mortgage scandal and financial meltdown three years ago, the D…
4 Reasons the Mortgage Mess Won't Get Fixed
October 14, 2011
The Push to Pull the Teeth out of Dodd-Frank
September 29, 2011
Mary Schapiro's SEC: Its 6 Biggest Blunders—So Far
September 12, 2011
Consumer Protection Bureau in Political Limbo
September 6, 2011
The 5 Best and 5 Worst Regulations in Dodd-Frank
July 19, 2011
As Warren Exits, Cordray Prepares for a GOP Lashing
July 18, 2011
Bernanke's Blitz: Ally to Adversary on Wall Street
June 28, 2011
U.S.-Chinese Tensions Mask Growing Relationship
June 10, 2011
Bad Commercial Loans Could Sink More Banks
June 8, 2011
Lawmakers Seek Less Money Down to Spur Home Sales
June 1, 2011
The ‘Warren Report’—GOP Attacks Consumer Agency
May 19, 2011
National Debt: Budget Turmoil Slams Treasurys
May 3, 2011
Crowdfunding Promoted to Help Small Businesses
April 17, 2011
TARP Profit Success Questioned
April 1, 2011
Stripper Challenges Employment Status
March 31, 2011
Economy Grows But Still No Jobs
March 24, 2011
Filers Grapple with New Tax Laws
March 18, 2011
Return to Stocks May Be Too Late
March 7, 2011
State Debt Crisis Presages Federal Pain
February 28, 2011
Homeowners Catch a Break from the Fed
February 15, 2011
Treasury Would Wind Down Fannie-Freddie
February 11, 2011
Business Fighting Whistleblower Rule
February 7, 2011
Three Ideas to Reform Fannie and Freddie
January 23, 2011
Deadline Looms for Fannie-Freddie
January 20, 2011
Graying Work Force Helps Fiscal Crisis
January 11, 2011
Two-Year 'Mancession' May Be Ending
December 23, 2010
GOP Members Against Wall Street Reform
December 16, 2010
New Rules for Derivatives Markets
December 9, 2010
The New Workplace Wars
November 12, 2010
New Rules for Financial Advisers
November 5, 2010
High College Dropout Rate Stems Growth
October 28, 2010
Bernanke Testifies On Financial Crisis
September 3, 2010
Could Lehman Have Been Saved?
September 2, 2010
Are We Headed for a Labor Shortage?
August 26, 2010
Overhaul Will Cut Bank Profits
July 2, 2010
Brown Blocks Senate Action on Reform
June 30, 2010
Obama’s Government Performance Czar
June 14, 2010
Big Gaps in Financial Reform
May 24, 2010
Changes Cut Hiring Time in Half
May 12, 2010
May 11, 2010
High-Stakes Financial Bets
May 5, 2010
Democrats Will Push Regulatory Reforms
April 18, 2010
Watchdog Would Combat Reckless Practices
March 25, 2010
Key Treasury Nomination Stalls
March 4, 2010
Greece Turmoil Whipsaws U.S. Dollar
February 19, 2010
TARP Returns Larger Than Thought
February 12, 2010