With respect to this understanding of too-big-to-fail, let me be very clear: It is wrong.
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In fact, all of SoCal is in the midst of some kind of too-big-to-fail madness.
The plan falls short of what Bair has recommended to rein in the too-big-to-fail menace.
Those plans all sought to expand the universe of too-big-to-fail companies eligible for taxpayer rescue.
In fact, it would be useful to understand all the things the too-big-to-fail problem is not.
How could Dodd-Frank think it was addressing Fin Reg without addressing too-big-to-fail in accounting firms too?
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Ultimately, FINRA is little more than a glorified trade group that seems too beholden to Too-Big-To-Fail interests.
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Plus, the banks cutting their loss reserves most aggressively are the biggest ones, that is, the too-big-to-fail set.
Too-big-to-fail banking could have been the failure of regulators and lawmakers in another decade, as Mr. Weill suggests.
In the meanwhile, I am optimistic that we are gradually reaching a consensus that the too-big-to-fail problem still exists.
Letting big banks get bigger and having them draft their own liquidation plans is the key to ending too-big-to-fail?
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Another example of the same concept came when Sanford Weill, speaking on CNBC on Wednesday, ruminated on too-big-to-fail banking.
Like the very great uncertainty what the European contagion will do to American economic activity, to our too-big-to- fail banks.
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Goldman and its too-big-to-fail brethren are banks that accepted welfare and are in debt to U.S. taxpayers for averting disaster.
While there is much public posturing in Washington on the issue of too-big-to-fail, the more important issue than scale is safety.
Policies that encourage competition, if done correctly, can be a tool to help reduce crony capitalism, too-big-to-fail banks, and income inequality.
The Democrats appear to finally realize that too-big-to-fail is a problem to be solved, not the foundation of a modern banking system.
Congress and regulators said the too-big-to-fail situation was dangerous and would be dealt with, so this near calamity would never happen again.
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Since community banks are not Too-Big-To-Fail, there will be winners and losers.
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The authors of a brilliant new book, Guardians of Finance, apply these findings to the big banks and the issue of Too-Big-To-Fail.
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This came to mind as our legislators tied themselves in knots during the financial reform debate trying to eliminate too-big-to-fail without actually helping anyone.
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Without the aiding and abetting of the Fed, how else could the too-big-to-fail banks increase their assets held by 39% between September 2006 and September 2011?
The final scope of these exceptions, a complex subject to say the least, will determine the nature of banking by too-big-to-fail institutions in the years to come.
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Leaving aside the substantive merits of this and other proposals designed to curb the too-big-to-fail phenomenon, this is an accessible idea that would help Romney play against type.
Increased size equals increased interconnectedness between all the too-big-to-fail banks.
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These facts make it critical that we continue our vigilance on capital, Too-Big-To-Fail ( Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo) and maybe just Too Big to Manage.
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As I've advocated, a similar systemic risk levy to finance a "resolution fund" is being considered in Congress as a way to internalize potential bailout costs stemming from too-big-to-fail institutions.
Barclays' executives are Wall Streeters at heart, but that sentimental attachment counts for little with American regulators and politicians, who would hesitate to take responsibility for a too-big-to-fail British retail bank.
Too-big-to-fail is the only stability Wall Street can claim.
Solving the too-big-to-fail problem in banking just got international.
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