Featured Story »
AFR Press Statement: President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray
January 4, 2012 – 11:02 am | Comments Off

Consumers won today when President Obama defied Wall Street interests to make a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama stood with consumers and families in making this crucial decision.

Read the full story »
Regulators industry cozy up at conferences
July 10, 2011 – 2:56 pm

Regulators industry cozy up at conferences
Laura Hautala (Politico)
July 10, 2011
―Want to talk to a Dodd-Frank rule writer? Try Las Vegas. Traveling to glitzy locales to meet with regulators responsible for ironing out the details of …

This Week in Wall Street Reform
July 8, 2011 – 6:44 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – July 2, 2011 – July 8, 2011.

PICO Applauds New Treasury Rule on Extended Forbearanc​e
July 8, 2011 – 8:58 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2011
Contact: Tim Lilienthal, PICO, 413-315-3080
PICO Statement on Treasury’s New Rule Requiring Banks to Offer Extended Forbearance for Unemployed Homeowners
“Step Forward in Breaking the Link Between Losing Job and Foreclosure”
Washington, DC – …

Financial Innovation, Leverage, Bubbles, and the Distribution of Income
July 7, 2011 – 11:11 am

View a presentation given by Vanderbilt University professor Margaret Blair at our June 28th conference here.

Financialization and Policy Responses
July 7, 2011 – 11:10 am

View a presentation given by AFL-CIO Policy Director, Damon Silvers, at our June 28th conference here.

Wall Street: Hollowing Out American Manufacturing
July 7, 2011 – 11:08 am

View a presentation given by Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director, Scott Paul, at our June 28th conference here.