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One of the perhaps most important sections of this legislation will focus on derivatives trading. Derivatives, financial instruments that are used to bet on movements of assets and thus serve as protections against risk, are often necessary for many different kinds of businesses, ranging from farms to airlines to banks...
It is imperative that derivatives trading be shifted to exchanges where such trades can be monitored and regulated, and the legislation had been moving in this direction. However, Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln has now introduced an amendment to the legislation that will cause banks to spin off their derivatives trading...
Another provision in the legislation that has become popular in recent days is a measure to “audit” the Federal Reserve and open information about its operations to the general reserve. The measure, passed yesterday by the Senate, and proposed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would...
Though the amendment has been narrowed in order to ensure that it will not aim to politically influence the creation and setting of monetary policy, it still interferes with the necessity of an independent Federal Reserve with the power to act in times of crisis. In the financial system, a...
As the debate continues, many Democrats and Republicans are trying to outdo each other to see who can seem “toughest” on reform, but in the process, they are failing to understand which regulations really need to be in place for the economy to function well...