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Treasury Securities Market Disruptions and Policy Issues
Resources · Jan 10, 2022
The U.S. Treasury securities market is considered one of the most important financial markets in the world. The market provides a low-risk (backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government)...
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Treasury Market Disruptions and Policy Options
Report · Nov 21, 2025
The nearly $30 trillion U.S. Treasury securities market is considered one of the most important financial markets in the world. The market offers a low-risk (backed by the full faith and credit of...
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Agriculture and Forestry Offsets in Carbon Markets: Background and Selected Issues
Reports · Nov 3, 2021
The number of private carbon market programs (also known as carbon market initiatives) that pay farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners (participants) to generate carbon offsets for use in carbon...
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Antitrust Issues in Labor Markets
Posts · Apr 6, 2022
The typical antitrust case involves sellers in a product market. For example, rival manufacturers might conspire to fix the price of memory chips. A tobacco giant may monopolize the cigarette...
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Capital Markets Volatility and COVID-19: Background and Policy Responses
Reports · Jun 19, 2020
Capital markets provide major sources of financing and investment for American businesses and investors by facilitating the creation and trading of securities, such as stocks, bonds, and shares of...
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Digital Markets
Reports · Mar 30, 2021
Some Members of Congress have expressed concern about mergers and acquisitions in digital markets, specifically those involving “Big Tech”—Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft....
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Money Market Mutual Funds: A Financial Stability Case Study
Resources · Mar 24, 2020
A money market mutual fund (MMF) is a mutual fund that under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 2a-7 can invest only in high-quality, short-term debt securities, such as U.S. Treasury...
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Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Reports · Jun 13, 2024
A carbon market generally refers to an economic framework that supports the buying and selling of carbon “credits” or “offsets” representing a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of...
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Circuit Split over the Food and Drug Administration’s Denial of Applications Seeking to Market Flavored E-Cigarettes, Part 1 of 2
Posts · Apr 5, 2024
Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products—products that go by many common names, such as e-cigarettes and vape pens—are generally required to receive prior authorization from the Food and...
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U.S. Capital Markets and China: Issues for Congress
Resources · Dec 19, 2024
Financial ties between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) have been contracting since 2020, due in part to China’s economic slowdown, reinvigorated PRC capital...
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U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets?
Reports · Nov 7, 2012
U.S. wind power generation has experienced rapid growth in the last 20 years as total installed capacity has increased from 1,500 megawatts (MW) in 1992 to more than 50,000 MW in August of 2012....
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Americans’ Investment Options in Capital Markets for Retirement
Resources · May 24, 2024
One of the main ways Americans prepare for retirement is to invest in various financial assets. Their investment options include investing directly in stocks, bonds, and investment funds through...
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Federal Support for the Municipal Bond Markets
Resources · Nov 10, 2021
Introduction Municipal bonds are debt securities issued by state, city, county, and other nonfederal government agencies to pay for capital projects, such as highways, airports, sewers, bridges,...
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Mark-to-Market Taxation of Capital Gains
Resources · Mar 29, 2022
Capital gains are subject to tax only when realized upon sale of an asset. The tax does not apply to gain on assets passed on at death, due to tax rules that apply to capital gains realized by heirs....
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Circuit Split over the Food and Drug Administration’s Denial of Applications Seeking to Market Flavored E-Cigarettes, Part 2 of 2
Posts · Apr 5, 2024
This two-part Sidebar examines the circuit split over certain electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products—that is, products with many common names, such as e-cigarettes and vape pens—that...
Hearing "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets"
house Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Derivatives’ Role in the Treasury Market
house Financial Services Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Apr 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining Treasury Market Fragilities and Preventative Solutions
house Financial Services Committee · May 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness Ken Bentsen
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association · 1 hearing
Witness Dennis Kelleher
Better Markets · 1 hearing
Witness Rostin "Russ" Behnam
Psaros Center for Financial Markets & Policy, Georgetown University and Former Chairman, U.S. CFTC · 1 hearing
Witness Amanda Fischer
Better Markets · 2 hearings
Witness Shayna Olesiuk
Better Markets · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Charlie Carey
Commodity Markets Council · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Edward Prosser
the Scoular Company and Member of the Board, Commodity Markets Council · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Benjamin Schiffrin
Better Markets · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Ben Schiffrin
Better Markets · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Matthew Michel
InvestorLink Capital Markets, LLC · 1 hearing
Hearing Business meeting to markup S.737, to require certain interactive computer services to adopt and operate technology verification measures to ensure...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Future of Payments: Promoting Innovation and Fair Markets
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity: Examining the Structure of the Federal Reserve System
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 12, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing From Order to Execution: Ensuring Efficient and Transparent Equity Markets
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing A New Day at the SEC: Restoring Accountability, Due Process, and Public Confidence
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · Feb 4, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Ben Schiffrin, Better Markets
Hearing "CFTC Reauthorization: Stakeholder Perspectives"
house Agriculture Committee · Dec 11, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Amanda Fischer, Better Markets
Hearing Dodd-Frank Turns 15: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Ken Bentsen, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Hearing American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: From Blueprint to a Functional Framework
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 4, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Rostin "Russ" Behnam, Psaros Center for Financial Markets & Policy, Georgetown University and Former Chairman, U.S. CFTC
Hearing Safeguarding Main Street: Combatting Fraud and Exploitation in Our Capital Markets
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Matthew Michel, InvestorLink Capital Markets, LLC
Hearing "The CFTC at 50: Examining the Past and Future of Commodity Markets"
house Agriculture Committee · Mar 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Charlie Carey, Commodity Markets Council
Hearing Operation Choke Point 2.0: The Biden Administration’s Efforts to Put Crypto in the Crosshairs
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Feb 6, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Shayna Olesiuk, Better Markets
Committee Capital Markets Subcommittee
house Financial Services Committee
Committee Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
house Agriculture Committee