AFR Statement on UBS LIBOR Price Fixing
“These actions run far too deep and are much too extensive to be written off as the behavior of a few ‘rogue traders.'”
“These actions run far too deep and are much too extensive to be written off as the behavior of a few ‘rogue traders.'”
As speculative interest increases, this vital industrial commodity will be withdrawn from the market, and prices for real-economy businesses and consumers will increase.
AFR tele-conference explores a major threat to Dodd-Frank derivatives reforms.
In a statement submitted to the House Agriculture Committee, AFR explains why U.S. oversight agencies must regulate international derivatives transactions in order to protect the U.S. economy.
New Demos report documents the swollen growth of the financial economy at the expense of the real economy.
Industry leaders and their political allies are seeking broad changes in the guise of “technical fixes,” says AFR’s Lisa Donner.
“It’s really profoundly immoral to talk about things like cutting Medicare when this policy measure sits in front of us” – AFL-CIO Director of Policy Damon Silvers, speaking at a November 30 briefing on Capitol Hill.
AFR and consumer groups decry a set of weak and flawed FTC rules for used car dealers.
AFR joins 10 housing groups in asking OCC to downgrade Wells Fargo for its harmful mortgage and loan servicing practices.
OCC is asked to downgrade the bank over its Direct Deposit Advance loan product.