Rob Blackwell
@robblackwellAB
Chief Content Officer of @IntraFi. Host of Banking with Interest podcast. Former Editor-in-Chief of @amerbanker. Opinions my own. Author: http://bit.ly/RBbooks
Pretty sure this will go down as my favorite tweet of all time.
Blackwell you are such Rain in my parade! 😤😝
Last week's top economic story was President Trump's reported decision, and then quick reversal of a move to oust Fed Chair Jerome Powell. @politico's @vtg2 takes us behind the scenes on what the president is telling allies, how GOP lawmakers view the situation, and why firing…
On July 22, 2025, Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman moderated a fireside chat on innovation at the Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference: federalreserve.gov/conferences/in…
I got to ask @samal a question today, and it was the classic reporter question: what keeps you up at night?
I demand a workplace sitcom set in the country's last operating penny factory.
Scoop: A House Republican push to kill the penny is facing internal divisions this week. Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) is pushing for changes to the Common Cents Act. Tennessee is home to the only penny factory in the U.S., and Rose is running for governor. Markup expected tomorrow.
FHFA Director Bill Pulte crashed today's House Financial Services Committee markup. Told me he was just in the neighborhood.
At today's @federalreserve capital conference, @jpmorgan's Al Moffitt discusses the importance of appropriately calibrating the U.S. GSIB surcharge: "the calibration must, and I say must, reflect the totality of all regulations to ensure it's fit for purpose."
This was a terrific conference, and I was honored to moderate a panel for it. Just very insightful, thoughtful process.
Is it weird that I find the prospect of an all day Basel conference exciting?
Want to know more about the Powell-Trump dynamic, and what's really going on? I went straight to @vtg2 for the skinny. I (barely) resisted the headline, "What the hell is going on with the Fed , Part 612?" On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…
Dug in on Fed chair madness with @robblackwellAB, whose podcast I love podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ban…
Fed Vice Chair's Michelle Bowman's interview with @sama was fascinating. Truly riveting stuff. Whenever you can go back and watch the YouTube video of it, you should do so. Doesn't matter who you are, what you do.
Is it weird that I find the prospect of an all day Basel conference exciting?
Anyone who thinks the FDIC’s RFI on ILCs is same-old should think anew. As I point out this week, the RFI makes it clear that the FDIC is contemplating consequential changes likely to change the competitive balance between legacy banks and nonbanking companies, crypto and huge…
I'm grateful for the opportunity to testify before @FinancialCmte last week on the impacts of Dodd-Frank over the past 15 years. I highlighted the importance of a credible, durable regulator in the CFPB to best serve Americans, and the next steps Congress can take to get there.
As the White House continues to scrutinize the Fed's HQ renovations, the central bank publishes a virtual tour on its website and highlights changes made since the 2021 proposal federalreserve.gov/faqs/building-…
Big Fed bashing out of Bessent today
.@SecScottBessent: "What we need to do is examine the entire Federal Reserve institution and whether they have been successful... All of these Ph.D.s over there, I don't know what they do... This is like Universal Basic Income for academic economists."
Today’s Morning Money: While he isn’t using the phrase, Trump is making arguments in favor of a form of fiscal dominance. And while there are structural and technical safeguards in place to prevent such an outcome, they are not impenetrable.
Excited to talk crypto w/@ABCNewsLive. Tune in to hear what this new stable coin bill means.
I spoke with @leomschwartz @FortuneMagazine about how it's a problem that the president has an indirect financial relationship with a stablecoin issuer. If BitGo applies for a license and the OCC rejects it, the president can fire the comptroller.
Great to join my colleagues at the White House to celebrate @POTUS signing the GENIUS Act into law. The best is yet to come!