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The Economic Impact of the Bipartisan Bank Deregulation Bill
The Economic Impact of the Bipartisan Bank Deregulation Bill Photo by Paul Siarkowski | CC BY 2.0 Dante Dallavalle: The Senate recently passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act or S.2115 with bipartisan support. Essentially the bill rewrites parts of the 2010 Dodd Frank Act. The piece of legislation whose purpose was […]
Here’s How Regulators Are Inadvertently Laying The Groundwork For The Next Housing Crisis
Here’s How Regulators Are Inadvertently Laying The Groundwork For The Next Housing Crisis Only a few weeks ago, we pointed out a remarkable development in the US mortgage market that has significant implications not only for mortgage borrowers, but perhaps the broader economy as a whole: Wells Fargo, formerly America’s foremost mortgage lender, had seen […]
Should Bank Regulation be Relaxed?
SHOULD BANK REGULATION BE RELAXED? Leading Federal Reserve policymaker Stanley Fischer has hit out at plans to unwind banking regulation, calling it a “terrible mistake.” President Donald Trump and republican politicians have advocated the repeal of Dodd Frank, a major piece of post-crisis legislation, and the loosening of some capital and liquidity requirements in a […]
Bank Lobby Takes Aim at Last Remaining House Republican Who Backed Dodd-Frank
Bank Lobby Takes Aim at Last Remaining House Republican Who Backed Dodd-Frank THE BANK LOBBY is making another attempt to unseat Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., the maverick House Republican who consistently supported greater oversight of the finance industry, and is the last remaining member of the GOP caucus to have voted in favor of the Dodd-Frank reform law. The American Bankers […]
The Fed Sends a Frightening Letter to JPMorgan and Corporate Media Yawns
The Fed Sends a Frightening Letter to JPMorgan and Corporate Media Yawns Jamie Dimon, Testifying Before the Senate Banking Committee on June 13, 2012 Over Massive Derivative Losses at the Depository Bank of JPMorgan Chase Yesterday the Federal Reserve released a 19-page letter that it and the FDIC had issued to Jamie Dimon, the Chairman […]
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy Winter of Discontent Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan resurfaced this week. We couldn’t recall the last time we’d heard from him. But, alas, the old fellow’s in desolate despair. Unexpectedly rising from the crypt: Alan Greenspan Photo credit: AP On Tuesday, for instance, he told Bloomberg he hasn’t been optimistic for “quite […]
There Is No Solution To The Crisis
There Is No Solution To The Crisis A long, long time ago… it was the 16 September 1992, Black Wednesday, when the British Government was forced to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism(ERM) after it was unable to keep the pound above its agreed lower limit in the ERM. A certain […]
DANGER WILL ROBINSON
DANGER WILL ROBINSON It’s funny how the truth sometimes leaks out from the government. I’m guessing that Mr. Ted Berg will not be working for the Office of Financial Research much longer. This new agency was created by the Dodd Frank Law and is supposed to protect consumers from the evil Wall Street banks. But […]
SAYONARA GLOBAL ECONOMY
SAYONARA GLOBAL ECONOMY “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.” –Ludwig von […]
Will they Hang Bankers Again on Wall Street? | Armstrong Economics
Will they Hang Bankers Again on Wall Street? | Armstrong Economics. What took place in Washington over the past two weeks with the repeal of Dodd Frank and then the effective repeal of the Volcker Rule sounds strikingly familiar to at least three previous periods in American History that led to total disaster. There were of […]
PIGMEN WIN AGAIN « The Burning Platform
PIGMEN WIN AGAIN « The Burning Platform. “The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they’re an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have […]
The Global Bankers’ Coup: Bail-In and the Shadowy Financial Stability Board | WEB OF DEBT BLOG
The Global Bankers’ Coup: Bail-In and the Shadowy Financial Stability Board | WEB OF DEBT BLOG. On December 11, 2014, the US House passed a bill repealing the Dodd-Frank requirement that risky derivatives be pushed into big-bank subsidiaries, leaving our deposits and pensions exposed to massive derivatives losses. The bill was vigorously challenged by Senator Elizabeth Warren; […]
House Votes On The $1.1 Trillion Cromnibus Bill: Live Webcast | Zero Hedge
House Votes On The $1.1 Trillion Cromnibus Bill: Live Webcast | Zero Hedge. As is widely known by now, in a largely token vote, since it has the blessing of the White House, in a few moments the House will vote on H.R. 83, the bill containing $1.1 trillion in appropriations to fund the government […]
