AFR’s Letter to FHFA Acting Director DeMarco on Servicing Models of GSEs
Read our letter to FHFA Acting Director DeMarco addressing servicing models of GSEs here.
Speculation Adds 83 Cents A Gallon to Gas Prices at the Pump
Speculation Adds 83 Cents A Gallon to Gas Prices at the Pump Jonathan Fox (CALPIRG) June 28, 2011 ―CALPIRG, a statewide consumer advocacy organization I work for, just released a new report entitled “How Speculation is Driving Up Gasoline Prices Today”. The report was authored
Kansas City Fed’s Hoenig Wants Aid For Manufacturers Over Banks
Kansas City Fed’s Hoenig Wants Aid For Manufacturers Over Banks Maya Jackson Randall (Automated Trader) June 28, 2011 ―Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig, along with other panel members at a conference Tuesday, argued that U.S. policies have tended to boost Wall
How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gasoline Prices Today
Read a report here from the Political Economy Research Institute about speculation and rising gas prices. How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gasoline Prices Today Robert Pollin and James Heintz Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts, Amherst June 21, 2011 “The average retail
AFR Conference: Restoring the Balance – Financial Regulation and the Real Economy
Restoring the Balance: Financial Regulation and the Real Economy Sponsored by: Americans for Financial Reform, AFL-CIO, Alliance for a Just Society, Demos, Main Street Alliance, Public Citizen, US P.I.R.G. Tuesday, June 28th from 9:30 AM – 12:30 Join us for a discussion of the outsized influence
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Not Yet Open and Already Under Attack
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Not Yet Open and Already Under Attack Marlys Harris (MarketWatch) June 25, 2011 ―The other day, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that the Center for Responsible Lending had spent$96.000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2011 compared with $130,000 in the
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – June 18, 2011 – June 24, 2011.
Fraud Concerns Raised by Fed Proposal to Reduce Check Hold Times
Fraud Concerns Raised by Fed Proposal to Reduce Check Hold Times Claude R. Marx (Credit Union Times) June 15, 2011 “…The proposed rule, which increases next business day availability for certain funds and would reduce the time financial institutions could hold payment on checks they
House committee votes to slash CFPB funding
House committee votes to slash CFPB funding Jon Prior (Housing Wire) June 23, 2011 “Lisa Donner, executive director of the consumer group Americans for Financial Reform, said the bill undermines the independence of the CFPB. ‘They are trying to turn the CFPB into a weak
Lawmakers Challenge Derivatives Rules
Lawmakers Challenge Derivatives Rules Ben Protess (NYT/Dealbook) June 23, 2011 “A growing number of lawmakers are pressuring regulators to water down a series of new rules for the derivatives industry. The lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, argue that some proposed rules could force Wall Street’s