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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.

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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.

AFR Conference: Capital Controversies – The Benefits and Costs of Bank Capital Requirements
July 6, 2011 – 9:40 am
AFR Conference: Capital Controversies – The Benefits and Costs of Bank Capital Requirements

 

HOSTED BY:Americans for Financial Reform, Demos, Public Citizen, and U.S. PIRG
On Friday, July 15th join Americans for Financial Reform for a discussion of the controversy around heightened bank capital requirements in the Dodd-Frank Act and …

This Week in Wall Street Reform
July 1, 2011 – 3:46 pm

Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – June 25, 2011 – July 1, 2011.

AFR criticizes the OCC’s proposed preemption rules
July 1, 2011 – 11:11 am

Read our comment letter to the OCC here.

Speculation Wrap Up: How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gas Prices Today
July 1, 2011 – 9:43 am

Read a summary of the release and press coverage of our report with Robert Pollin and James Heintz, “How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gas Prices Today” here.

Study finds financial speculation in oil led to higher gasoline prices
June 30, 2011 – 3:53 pm

Study finds financial speculation in oil led to higher gasoline prices
Dennis Sadowski (Catholic News Service)
June 30, 2011
―Excessive speculation in crude oil futures on the part of financial traders added 83 cents to the cost of …