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Lenders Lobby Regulators Over Mortgage Standards

Published April 26, 2012

Mortgage lenders and consumer groups have launched at frenzied round of lobbying over the new legal definition of a "safe," desirable mortgage.
CFTC, SEC Adopt Tougher Rules on Derivatives Markets

Published April 18, 2012

Regulators approved more rules that they say will ultimately reduce the risk of another financial crisis and future taxpayer bailouts.
Plosser: Fed Should Offer More Clarity on Potential Policy Moves

Published April 13, 2012

A top Federal Reserve said the central bank should be more transparent about how it plans on reacting to fluctuations in the U.S. economy, adding that it would make policy more effective.
Bernanke: Risk of European Contagion Still a Concern

Published March 20, 2012

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will testify Wednesday that the risk of contagion from the European financial crisis still exists for large U.S. financial institutions.
Public Interest Groups Using Smith Op-Ed in Fight for Tougher Wall Street Rules

Published March 16, 2012

Public interest advocates want to turn former Goldman executive Greg Smith into their poster child for tough new rules for Wall Street.
Banks Lobbying to Extend Financial Crisis Deposit Guarantee Program

Published February 15, 2012

Worried about continued financial system risks, community banks are lobbying Congress to extend guarantees for more than $1 trillion in large bank accounts.
Strings Attached: New Refi Plan Comes at a Price

Published February 07, 2012

When President Obama last week announced a sweeping plan to help homeowners refinance, he left out one major detail: that Uncle Sam would charge homeowners a fee for the government's backing.
House Investigators Set to Question More MF Global Executives

Published December 20, 2011

Exclusive: Investigators in a House subcommittee plan to question two more top executives at MF Global in coming weeks over $1.2 billion in missing customer funds.
Geithner to Push Euro Leaders on 'Financial Firewall'

Published December 02, 2011

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to push European leaders next week to complete work on their efforts to stabilize the debt crisis.
Washington Gridlock Could Push Fed to Act on Economy

Published November 23, 2011

Political gridlock is convincing more economists the Fed may need to act with a new trillion-dollar-plus stimulus effort.

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Peter Barnes Archive

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Lenders Lobby Regulators Over Mortgage Standards

CFTC, SEC Adopt Tougher Rules on Derivatives Markets

Plosser: Fed Should Offer More Clarity on Potential Policy Moves

Bernanke: Risk of European Contagion Still a Concern

Public Interest Groups Using Smith Op-Ed in Fight for Tougher Wall Street Rules

Banks Lobbying to Extend Financial Crisis Deposit Guarantee Program

Strings Attached: New Refi Plan Comes at a Price

House Investigators Set to Question More MF Global Executives

Geithner to Push Euro Leaders on 'Financial Firewall'

Washington Gridlock Could Push Fed to Act on Economy

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