Finance
Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
Feature story
The FTC’s proposed noncompete ban will have wide-reaching impacts across our economy. Here’s what businesses are telling us about how they would be impacted.
Feature story
A new study finds that under the previous approach to merger enforcement there was a strong link between mergers and innovation. A radical new approach to merger enforcement poses a severe threat to the economy.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote Competition Bank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before. Learn More
- Why Selling Your Business Might Get Harder Proposed antitrust legislation could impact the ability of everyone from individual entrepreneurs to multi-million-dollar companies to be acquired. Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock Buybacks With the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock. Learn More
Our Work
The U.S. Chamber promotes policies that ensure U.S. capital markets remain the fairest, most efficient, and innovative in the world. We advocate for legislation and regulation that strengthens our capital markets, allowing businesses—from the local flower shop to a multinational manufacturer—to mitigate risks, manage liquidity, access credit, and raise capital.
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Events
- International U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum Thursday, April 13 08:30 AM EDT - 04:45 PM EDT Learn More
- Security and Resilience 12th Annual Building Resilience Through Private-Public Partnerships Conference Wednesday, July 26 - Thursday, July 27 08:00 AM EDT - 03:00 PM EDT Learn More
- Infrastructure Global Aerospace Summit: Innovating the Skies, Connecting the World Tuesday, September 12 - Wednesday, September 13 09:00 AM EDT - 05:00 PM EDT Learn More
Latest Content
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75% of credit card users pay their bills on time. The CFPB’s new proposed rule will punish those who pay on time by raising their costs to cover for those who don’t.
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The Biden Administration seems determined to sideline consumers, and competition itself, from its competition policy.
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This Hill letter was sent to Members of the House Committee on Financial Services on several bills to be considered at the hearing entitled “U.S. Public Markets Built for the 21 st Century: Exploring Reforms to Make Our Public Markets Attractive for Small and Emerging Companies Raising Capital.”
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This Hill letter was sent to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of the hearing entitled “Reining in Dominant Digital Platforms: Restoring Competition to Our Digital Markets.”
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The FTC’s proposed noncompete ban will have wide-reaching impacts across our economy. Here’s what businesses are telling us about how they would be impacted.
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This Hill letter was sent to Senators Warren and Whitehouse on the Chamber's stance on the FTC’s ban of noncompete clauses.
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This Coalition letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, opposing the Federal Trade Commission's proposed rule on noncompete agreements.
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Is the Federal Trade Commission working foreign authorities to deny due process?
