In a letter to Congress, AFR urges Senators to oppose the Crapo Amendment 814 to HR 2112, which would inhibit financial regulators ability to oversee the shadow markets in derivatives.

“Wall Street driven excessive speculation in commodities market has increased prices – and price volatility – for everyday commodities including oil and food. It is costing US consumers hundreds of billions of dollars, driving up costs and uncertainty for producers, holding back economic recovery, and causing increased hunger and privation in the poorest parts of the world.”

An AFR congressional briefing regarding how a small tax on financial transactions could raise tens of billions of dollars a year and curb dangerous high speed trading.

Independent Consumer Regulator Or Unaccountable Agency? Prominent Academic Experts Discuss the Powers, Checks and Balances, and Structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 8, 2011 – October 14, 2011.

Here is a compilation of all the press coverage AFR received around the release of the Volcker Rule proposal.