Sheila Bair
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The potential sources of shock that now confront the system are greater than we saw in 2008
It really shows that most of the problems that we saw during the last financial crisis have not been fixed yet
Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, and Hank Paulson -- three Bush appointees are essentially supportive of the things we’re talking about here. If you go by the Treasury, you’ll see the portrait outside Geithner’s office of Paulson, and he takes credit for a lot of the Dodd-Frank stuff. Generally, he pushed a lot of it.More quotes »
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Former bank regulator Bair wants to tighten Volcker rule
Washington policymakers should tighten the Volcker rule’s ban on banks’ speculative trades by reining in an exemption for hedging activity, former U.S. bank regulator Sheila C. Bair said Thursday. Speaking at a roundtable hosted by the U.S. Commodity Fut 5/31/12 from The Washington Post Read more »
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Sheila Bair on Tightening the Volcker Rule and the JPM 'Hedging' Fiasco
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories... Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits a from Jesse's Cafe American Read more »
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A Romney-Bair ticket?
If Mitt Romney wants a running mate to counter the impression that his interests mirror those of a financial sector “that has run roughshod over the nation and practically brought the nation’s economy to its knees,” he should pick former Federal Deposit from Kansas.com Read more »
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Raymond J. Learsy: Sheila Bair As Vice President. Governor Romney, Are You Listening?
Wall Street, the financial sector and its minions have much to answer for in their self absorbed destabilization of the American economy being played out over the crumbling life styles of so many Americans while our government's largesse continues, throu from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Counterparties: Breaking up, with Sheila Bair
Welcome to the Counterparties email. The sign-up page is here, it’s just a matter of checking a box if you’re already registered on the Reuters website. Send suggestions, story tips and complaints to Counterparties.Reuters@gmail.com [The] bank is worth m from Reuters Blogs Read more »
