Stephen Basaja
speaker
961 appearances
129 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
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And people don't know they're paying 30 percent.
Average credit card interest rates are 21 percent and have shot well above moderate highs over the past few years.
The Federal Reserve's interest rate and credit card delinquencies are part of the reason for the jump.
A bipartisan bill was introduced last year in the Senate for a similar credit card cap, but didn't go anywhere.
The banking industry warns that a cap will mean they'll ultimately be able to offer less credit to families that need it.
Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
CFPB gets its funding from the Federal Reserve.
The Trump administration argues that since the Fed has been operating at a loss, there is not the money to keep the financial watchdog running.
But Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected that argument.
She already has a preliminary injunction preventing the White House from shutting down the CFPB.
And she wrote in a ruling that this is an unabashed attempt to just do that in a different way.
Other legal battles have prevented several mass layoffs there.
But President Trump has been clear he wants the CFPB gone.
Acting Director Russell Vogt has stopped most of the consumer-oriented bureau's work.
And Judge Berman Jackson wrote that the CFPB is hanging by a thread.
Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
CFPB gets its funding from the Federal Reserve.
The Trump administration argues that since the Fed has been operating at a loss, there is not the money to keep the financial watchdog running.
But Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected that argument.
She already has a preliminary injunction preventing the White House from shutting down the CFPB.
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