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Danel Tarullo's lone effort at the Federal Reserve- 2009-2010

10/01/2009

Daniel Tarullo steps in around September 2009, when Congress and the administration have already buckled under pressure from the lobbying by the banking industry to weaken essential regulatory reform in derivatives trading, and in other reforms. Volcker is 82, and rarely uses his Washington office (ignored?), Tarullo is looked at by staff at the Fed from the previous lax regime of regulation with skepticism. Mervyn King at the Bank of England is alone in calling for the breakup of big banks into smaller banks, and separating utility and investment banking, which Volcker supports. As it stands now bank regulation falls under the FSA in England, with the Conservatives under Osborne looking to give the Bank of England this authority. And all the time banking behaviours at investment banks and trading desks continue in a business as usual manner.

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The Power Behind the Throne at the Federal Reserve

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Fed Boosts Pressure on Banks Over Capital Levels

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Banks Ordered to Add Capital to Limit Risks

New York Times 04/08/2014

Fed’s New Bank-Regulation Tune Should Be One Direction

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Washington Strips New York Fed’s Power

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U.K. Banks Face Political Upheaval

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Disclosure efforts for stress tests of U.S. banks by the U.S. Federal Reserve in Feb. 2012

06/16/2011

The U.S. Federal Reserve's Daniel Tarullo pushes for disclosure saying it is critical for investors to have this information.

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The Power Behind the Throne at the Federal Reserve

New York Times 07/31/2013

Fed Boosts Pressure on Banks Over Capital Levels

Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013

Fed Publishes 'Stress Test' Procedures

Wall Street Journal 11/10/2013

Stressing the Bank 'Stress Tests'

Wall Street Journal 03/14/2012

Stress Tests Won't Prevent the Next Financial Crisis

Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014

Lenders Stress Over Test Results

Wall Street Journal 03/05/2012

The U.S. Federal Reserve's Large Institution Supervision Coordination Committee

10/21/2009

Fed chairman Bernanke and Governor Tarullo set up the LISCC in 2010 to provide expert supervision at Fed headquarters that reports to them. Before this supervision was left to the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Now the Fed can draw on the 42 PhD's and other experts in its ranks to review individual bank's financial position for systemic risk in adverse scenarios and flag these risks. This is critical to effective supervision of large banks.

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Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles

Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013

The Power Behind the Throne at the Federal Reserve

New York Times 07/31/2013

Fed Boosts Pressure on Banks Over Capital Levels

Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013

Banks Ordered to Add Capital to Limit Risks

New York Times 04/08/2014

The Federal Reserve's Too Cozy Relations With Banks

Wall Street Journal 09/10/2014

The Fed Needs Governors Who Aren’t Wall Street Insiders

Wall Street Journal 11/18/2014

Bank of England governor Mervyn King sees the need to breakup the biggest banks.

01/28/2008

Volcker in the USA and Mervyn King in England both agree that speculative and utility banking should be separated, and too big to fail banks broken up. Regulation to prevent a future banking crisis they agree is something of an illusion.

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We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks

New York Times 08/25/2013

BOE's King: Big Banks Should Get Broken Up

Wall Street Journal 10/21/2009

Britain and Its Central Bank Disagree on Banking Laws

New York Times 10/22/2009

Less Talk, More Action Needed by Fed

Wall Street Journal 10/24/2009

Fed's Tarullo Shakes Up Bank Rules

Wall Street Journal 10/26/2009

Moral outrage

Economist 10/26/2009

Different approaches to banking crises- South Korea and the U.S.

04/01/2009

The U.S. leaned on S. Korea to make radical changes in its banking system in 1997, with takeover of banks by the government, closing of loss ridden banks, and creation of a new banking sector. The moves were compressed into a short time because of U.S. pressure. The large influence of bank lobbying in the US, in Republican and Democratic administrations, has led to a situation in which the U.S. banking sector is similiar to what it was before the 2008 crisis, with the same too-big-to fail banks- only larger now- and with unresolved bad housing loans.

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Book portrays dysfunction in Obama White House - The Washington Post

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Seoul Forum Helps Heal IMF Wounds

Wall Street Journal 07/12/2010

Obama’s Ersatz Capitalism

New York Times 04/01/2009

Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted

New York Times 06/04/2009

South Korea Makes a Quick Economic Recovery

New York Times 01/06/2011

'Too Big to Fail' Is Simply Too Big

Wall Street Journal 10/19/2011

A behind the scenes account of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's discovery and response to large losses

01/15/2010

Dimon's first encounter with the losses at the bank was through an account of Chief Investment Office trader Iksil's trades in the Wall Street Journal on April 6, 2012. The trader was referred to as the "London Whale" and large losses were mentioned. This has raised questions about whether banks of the size of JP Morgan can even be effectively managed by a CEO. The decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Treasury and regulators to encourage the merger of failed financial firms Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual with JP Morgan Chase- ostensibly because no mechanism to wind down such firms existed- not only created a mega bank but also created additional risks from banks too big to manage.

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For Dimon, Unfamiliar Heat

Wall Street Journal 05/04/2013

'London Whale' Penalties Put at $500 Million to $600 Million

Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013

Embattled J.P. Morgan Bulks Up Oversight

Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013

Dimon Vows to Fix JP Morgan's Compliance Problems

New York Times 09/17/2013

Andrew Ross Sorkin

New York Times 10/15/2013

J.P. Morgan Reaches $13 Billion Tentative Deal with Justice Department

Wall Street Journal 10/20/2013

Thomas Hoenig and other experts on the "too big to fail" banking crisis that hovers over the U.S. economy

09/23/2010

Former Fed Governor of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank for 20 years, Thomas Hoenig, has followed Fed policy over a long period. He has maintained throughout that government backing takes away an essential element in the safe and conservative practices of financial institutions by encouraging the taking of excessive risks. The only way to ensure their safety is for creditors to know they bear serious risks and for the systemically important financial insitutions to know that not following safe financial practices can put these institutions and management out of business.

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GE Capital, AIG to Get More Government Oversight

Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013

We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks

New York Times 08/25/2013

Soothing Words on 'Too Big to Fail' But With Little Meaning

New York Times 12/11/2013

Thomas Hoenig Is Fed Up

BusinessWeek 09/23/2010

Banks Feel Heat on Capital

Wall Street Journal 05/01/2013

Banks Ordered to Add Capital to Limit Risks

New York Times 04/08/2014

The lack of action in the "too big to fail" and systemically important financial institutions area one year into the Obama administration.

04/21/2009

Regulatory reform proposals and other actions taken in the first 6 months still leave many banking and financial nstitutions that are too big to fail. Consolidations of banks have actually increasd their size. The dangers in additional bailout assistance if banks suffer huge losses.

Grouped Articles

GE Capital, AIG to Get More Government Oversight

Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013

We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks

New York Times 08/25/2013

Banks Feel Heat on Capital

Wall Street Journal 05/01/2013

Economists Seek Breakup of Big Banks

Wall Street Journal 04/21/2009

Banks Need Fewer Carrots and More Sticks

Wall Street Journal 05/07/2009

What Does the Market Focus on After the Stress Tests?

Wall Street Journal 05/07/2009

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, on the dangers of "too-big-to-fail" and systemically important financial institutions in 2012-2014

10/14/2012

Fisher says the situation has not changed from what it was in 2008, and Dodd-Frank legislation has left the situation entrenched with 5 banks controlling 61% of the country's financial assets.

Grouped Articles

GE Capital, AIG to Get More Government Oversight

Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013

Obama Presses Regulators to Finish Financial Rules

Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013

We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks

New York Times 08/25/2013

Soothing Words on 'Too Big to Fail' But With Little Meaning

New York Times 12/11/2013

Fed’s Tarullo Reiterates Support for Raising “Systemically Important” Threshold

Wall Street Journal 03/20/2015

The Humbling of Big Finance

Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015


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