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The Truth About Banking Regulation? There’s Far Too Little of It

After Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank went bust in March, liberals and conservatives argued over the cause. Liberals blamed a 2018 law that weakened oversight of midsize banks under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, and also an ill-considered 2019 regulation by the Federal Reserve Board that weakened oversight still ...Read More

How Washington allowed bank CEOs to pocket huge bonuses amid failure

The 44-page PowerPoint presentation to federal banking regulators was clear and direct: Letting companies pay their chief executives in stock that the CEOs could sell while still working for the companies risked disaster. Years of research showed that the existing structure for paying Wall ...Read More