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.
What Businesses Say About Noncompetes
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.
A Shift in Merger Enforcement Risks Damaging Our Economy
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 CompetitionBank 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 HarderProposed 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 BuybacksWith 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.
How to Digitize Your Small Business to Save Money
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Small business experts discuss the digital tools they have used to connect with more customers, complete more sales, automate tasks, and lower back-end costs.
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Latest Content
This Hill letter was sent to Senator Tim Scott supporting the “Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act.”
Congress must refrain from granting the Commission any further rulemaking or enforcement authority until it conducts a thorough investigation and oversight and puts forward reasonable guardrails around agency activity.
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.
Recent European Union (EU) merger developments raise concerns for both European and non-European businesses and consumers, and the ability of national governments to regulate events that affect their local economies.
The U.S. Chamber sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) concerning its proposed changes to the income taxes paid and rate reconciliation disclosures.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Financial Services, on several bills to be considered at the hearing entitled "Empowering Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers to Capital Access for Small Businesses."
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Financial Services, on several bills to be considered at the hearing entitled, "Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform."
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.
This study evaluates the relationship between mergers and acquisitions and research and development expenditures.
