Diminishing liquidity in financial markets is the unwanted but unsurprising consequence of post-crash rulemaking.
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Every Rule Has Its Price
Tag Archives: Dodd-Frank
Filling In For Nobody
Richard Cordray said he had the power to appoint his own interim successor atop the CFPB. He is probably wrong.
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Corporate Owners Assert Their Rights
A Dodd-Frank artifact is allowing shareholders to assert their ownership privileges in public company boardrooms.
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Dodd-Frank’s Report Card
Dodd-Frank is great for well-established small businesses that want to avoid competition from pesky upstarts.
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As MetLife Goes, So Goes … MetLife
What does a systemically important financial institution have in common with pornography?
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Big Banks Shun Small Business
Large banks are backing away from small business loans, and smaller institutions cannot fill the gap.
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Reality Hits Home For Bernanke
Bernanke promised Dodd-Frank would level banking’s playing field. He was right: Now nobody wants to take any risk.
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A Pointless Dodd-Frank Rule Defies Enforcement
Three years after Dodd-Frank passed, regulators cannot define a seemingly simple executive compensation statistic. Blame Congress.
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AIG Turns A Profit For Treasury
The U.S. government is no longer an AIG shareholder, and turned a profit on the sale. One more victory as TARP winds down.
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New Fed Management, New Volcker Rules
Reacting to an overreaction, financial regulators are moving to lift some of the burdens of the “Volcker rule.”
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