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A buoyant stock market and glimmers of recovery are dispelling many of the more dire scenarios for the economy. Despite the intensity of the financial storm that has just passed, there appears to be a waning resolve to address the larger lessons learnt...
Tags: systemic risk, existing regulate, Federal Reserve, status quo, United Kingdom, London, PROGRES, Too Big to Fail, Basel II Accord, Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate, Financial crises, Risk, Business Finance
Ken Bentsen knows something about how Congress deals with financial regulations. Many a politician and policymaker have underestimated the intelligence and sensitivities of the American people,” Bentsen said during an interview in his not-quite-moved-into...
Tags: Ken Bentsen, resolution authority, SIFMA, Washington, United States federal banking legislation, Systemic risk, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, American International Group, Subprime mortgage crisis, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Financial crises, Business Finance
Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have approved a sweeping proposal that would expand federal powers to break up so-called “too big to fail” firms. Offered by Rep. Paul Kanjorksi, the No. Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee,...
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A proposal to reduce market risks should be strengthened to ensure that smaller firms aren't at a disadvantage and that the Federal Reserve's powers don't trump those of other regulators, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers...
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United States to engage in opening the markets on both sides. "That's quite frightening," he said. "I'm very much afraid that in the future the transatlantic dialog will become increasingly difficult. The U.S. administration has made a proposal on how...
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Federal Reserve may take an unorthodox approach to raising interest rates by paying interest on bank reserves rather than relying on traditional open market remedies, as it exits from its long-term fiscal stimulus programs, Reuters reported today (Tuesday).
Tags: Janet Yellen, monetary policy, Fed, China, Hong Kong, Interest rate, Federal funds rate, Central bank, Inflation, Federal Reserve System, Open market operations, Business Finance, Alan Greenspan, Financial crisis, Financial crises, Macroeconomics, Federal Open Market Committee, Systemic risk, Yellen
For a downloadable list of contributions from the finance sector since 1989 to all current New Democrat Coalition members, check out our finance policy tools here . Some members of the New Democrat Coalition rely on this cash more than others. Forty-six...
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President Barack Obama is cheering an effort to rein in large financial firms. He says proposed legislation in the House would let government take down failing institutions and make taxpayers whole. In a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman...
Tags: Barack Obama, House Financial Services Committee, financial firms, Barney Frank, House of Representatives, obama administration, U.S, systemic risk, chairman barney, perverse incentive
Embattled insurer American International Group Inc. said Monday it is selling its Japanese headquarters to Nippon Life Insurance Co. for $1.2 billion in cash. The transaction, which is among the biggest divestitures New York-based AIG has made to reimburse...
Tags: AIG, Ed Liddy, Edward Liddy, Congress, global financial, embattled insurer, financial systemic, systemic risk, aig presents, American International Group Inc.
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday that there was a risk that US economic recovery could take a long time, but vowed to take all necessary steps to speed it up. "Well, that's the risk," Geithner said in a PBS television interview when...
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