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dramama
June 8th, 2008, 08:27 PM
Banks and investment banks whose health is crucial to the global financial system should operate under a unified regulatory framework with “appropriate requirements for capital and liquidity”, according to Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Writing in Monday’s Financial Times, Mr Geithner, a key US policymaker throughout the credit crisis and one of the main architects of the rescue of Bear Stearns, says that the US Federal Reserve should play a “central role” in the new regulatory framework, working closely with supervisors in the US and round the world.

“At present the Fed has broad responsibility for financial stability not matched by direct authority and the consequences of the actions we have taken in this crisis make it more important that we close that gap,” Mr Geithner says, in an excerpt of a speech to be delivered today at the Economic Club of New York.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/546b1604-3585-11dd-998d-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1


How handy......

BackHomeAgain
June 9th, 2008, 12:30 AM
Instead of a Rapture Index, I like to picture the Cliffhanger Game from The Price Is Right. I read the article then hear the yodle music as our collective Lil' Climber heads to the clouds.

Really....this is all going to happen so fast? I guess smart money is on a horrific battle in the Middle East instead of talking, because the financial side has come just as far as "wars and rumors of wars".

As much faith as one has, I still pinch myself when looking at the timetable. This really isn't a drill.