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Why Banks Should Support a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
economix.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/23/2009
Why Banks Should Support a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
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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 writes.
online.wsj.com - 7/23/2009
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Is Flawed
— online.wsj.com — 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 ... (more) The Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Is Flawed

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fcac-acfc.gc.ca - 7/21/2009
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
— fcac-acfc.gc.ca — 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 | ... (more) Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

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Bernanke And The Lobbies: Confidence Illusion
The Baseline Scenario — ... (The material after the break is an excerpt from my Economix column on NYT.com this morning. ) ...

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Abnormal Returns — ... A Consumer Finance Protection Agency could reassure “burned consumers.”  (Economix) ...

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