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WSJ-MarketWatch: How Thatcher would have fixed the financial crisis She ignored conventional wisdom, acted on her beliefs UK Telegraph: The IMF is flunking the financial crisis By turning its fire on Britain, the IMF gives the impression it is out of ideas and solutions Financial Times: Wake up to the #Twitter effect on markets Investors need to spend more time thinking… Who is Too Big to Fail?: Hearing Examines if Dodd-Frank Authorizes the Break Up of Financial Institutions
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After two and half years, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have yet to clarify their authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to break up large financial institutions, leaving questions as to what their view of this authority is, the Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee learned at a hearing yesterday. SEC’s Failure to Implement Bipartisan JOBS Act Harms Economy
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By ignoring the deadline to implement a key provision of a bipartisan law approved a year ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is costing America’s struggling economy desperately needed jobs, members of the Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee said today during a hearing. Subcommittee Hearing Examines Regulatory Burden on Community Banks
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The regulatory burden stemming from the confusing, complex and voluminous rules and regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act are having a harmful effect on community banks’ ability to serve their customers, according to industry experts testifying at today’s House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing. Hensarling Votes for Legislative Response to Obama’s Unconstitutional Labor Relations Board Appointments
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today voted for legislation requiring the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease activity until legal uncertainty over the President’s appointment of board members is resolved. Weekend Must Reads
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Forbes: Margaret Thatcher Exposed The Infantile Illusions Of Socialism Margaret Thatcher’s economic policies, we are often told, were cruel, harsh, immoral. In fact she was a deeply moral thinker, and the moral superiority of the free market was central to her thinking. She made the case for it like no other major political… Subcommittee Discusses Bipartisan Bills to Fix Dodd-Frank Derivatives Provisions, Strengthen SEC Accountability
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Bipartisan measures to fix unintended consequences of derivatives provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act and to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct cost-benefit analyses of regulations were discussed during a hearing today of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Chairman Hensarling Comments on Expected Taxpayer Bailout of FHA
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement concerning the expectation in the President’s budget that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will require a nearly $1 billion taxpayer bailout this year: Subcommittee Hearing Shows FHA's Current Policies and Practices Create an Impediment to a Sustainable Housing Finance System
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The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), as it operates today, is an impediment to a sustainable housing finance system and must be reformed, witnesses told the House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee today. Subcommittee Hearing Examines Regulatory Burden on Credit Unions
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The regulatory burden stemming from the confusing, complex and voluminous rules and regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act are having a harmful effect on credit unions’ ability to serve their customers, according to industry experts testifying at today’s House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
