Antitrust laws attempt to prevent collusion and foster consumer choices.
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"The central problem lies in the twin role of the FSA - it is supposed to look after the consumer and prevent damage to the UK financial sector, " Louise Hanson, Consumers' Association spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
The new rules are intended to prevent a potential bubble in consumer credit.
It was a righteous effort to try optimistic assurances as a means of raising consumer and business confidence to prevent the inevitable.
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Finally, these reforms include a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to prevent predatory loan practices and other abuses to ensure that consumers get clear information about loans and other financial products before they sign on the dotted line.
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And I urge Congress to take us over the finish line, and send me a reform bill I can sign into law, so we can empower our people with consumer protections, and help prevent a financial crisis like this from ever happening again.
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Even though households are now in better shape, analysts caution that consumer spending could stall if Congress fails to prevent higher taxes from taking hold next year.
The administration wants to subject all consumer-finance firms to the same regulations to prevent a gradual migration to the most lax form of oversight.
Under the terms of the settlement, Twitter will be barred for 20 years from misleading consumers about the extent to which it protects the security, privacy, and confidentiality of nonpublic consumer information, including the measures it takes to prevent unauthorized access to nonpublic information and honor the privacy choices made by consumers.
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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act was enacted in 1991 in order to prevent telemarketers from abusing telephone technology and being a nuisance to consumers.
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The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act creates a fifteen person committee (with representatives from the Fed, Treasury, FDIC, FHA, and newly created and controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) to connect the dots to prevent future financial disasters.
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But if consumer confidence is crumbling, it may not be enough to prevent a recession.
Many of these same folks also suggest -- whether in regard to proposed consumer protections in the health insurance industry, or proposed rules to prevent another financial crisis -- that these kinds of policies run counter to our economic interests.
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Unexpected shocks could knock the economy back off course, but a resilient consumer, depleted investments in need of rebuilding and a pending stimulus should prevent future quarters from looking nearly this bad.
This proposal complements the ongoing efforts of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice to implement reforms that will prevent the mistakes of the housing bubble from repeating themselves and provide homeowners with a Bill of Rights.
It's why last year we put in place consumer protections against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies and new rules to prevent another financial crisis.
The argument against Mr Greenspan is that it would have been better to seek to prevent a bubble inflating in the first place, even if that meant raising interest rates before consumer-price inflation took off.
Consumers Union, Consumer Federation and other advocacy groups asked the Federal Trade Commission in September to help prevent gift card losses by requiring retailers to put money from card sales in a separate trust fund that would be affected by a bankruptcy.
And while the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission calls magnets the No. 1 hidden home hazard, constant awareness can prevent injury.
The consumer can then red-flag his credit files and consult the Equifax fraud specialist about how to prevent the identity thief from opening up new accounts, taking out loans or making big-ticket purchases in the customer's name.
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