Tag Archives: Systemic Risk

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AFR’s Conference Priorities

As the Conference Committee continues to meet to prepare a final financial reform bill, Americans for Financial Reform has outlined these points as their top priorities: Establishing a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that is independent, has broad enforcement authority, and the necessary funding to protect

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Stiglitz in Politico: Conference Must Preserve Strongest Provisions

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz writes in Politico about the upcoming Conference Committee between the House and Senate.  He writes: The future of improved financial regulations depends largely on how the differences between the House and Senate bills are resolved. If the strongest provisions

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Vitter 4003 Letter of Opposition

May 13, 2010 Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Reject the Vitter Loophole for Bailed-Out Shadow Banks (S.A. 4003) Dear Senator, The 250 consumer, employee, investor, community, small business and civil rights groups who are members of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) urge