baselinescenario.com - 7/13/2009
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In mid-March, the administration proposed that toxic assets could and would be safely removed from banks balance sheets. We were skeptical , and the the PPIP now seems to have slipped into irrelevance ( loans ; securities ). But the administration still put an impressive effort into ...
Why Banks Should Support a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
economix.blogs.nytimes.com 7/23/2009 — In a food contamination scare, people buy less of that food until the government assures them that it understands the problem and the contamination will not happen again. The same goes for a scare over the dangers of financial products, an economist ...
Congress Gets Financial Protection Agency Plan
nytimes.com 6/30/2009 — WASHINGTON The Obama administration sent Congress a detailed proposal on Tuesday to create a consumer protection agency responsible for financial products, a move that is the first shot in a heated battle with banks and other financial institutions ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Is Flawed
online.wsj.com 7/23/2009 — RICHARD A. POSNER Will the epitaph of the Obama administration be “too much, too soon, too costly”? Among worrisome signs is its proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009. The agency would have regulatory authority over retail ...
Credit Conditions In The Absence Of Consumer Protection
baselinescenario.com 8/10/2009 — Even some of our most sophisticated commentators doubt a link between consumer protection and any macroeconomic outcomes. Consumer protection, in this view, is microeconomics and quite different from macroeconomic issues (such as the speed and nature of our economic recovery).
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The Republican Consumer Financial Protection Plan
baselinescenario.com 8/5/2009 — Last week, Simon criticized Jeb Hensarling’s article on the Republican approach to consumer financial protection, saying “the only tools they propose are those that have been tried and failed, repeatedly, in the recent past.” However, Simon couldn’t get a copy of the ...
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
fcac-acfc.gc.ca 7/21/2009 — Symbol of the Government of Canada maple leaf Financial Consumer Agency of Canada www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca Skip to content | Skip to institutional links Common menu bar links Fran ais Home Contact Us Help Search canada.gc.ca Home Institutional links | ...
Video: Obama pushes consumer protection
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 10/10/2009 — In a speech promoting a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the U.S. President accuses financial firms of maximizing profits at the expense of Americans.
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