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Complex Funds Need Better Risk Disclosure

May 5, 2013, Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher

Excessive Bank Equity Rules Would Slow the Economy

April 9, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

What the Stockton Municipal Bankruptcy Means, And Doesn't

April 2, 2013, Tracy Gordon

Cyprus II: Considerable Improvement, but Serious Risks Remain

March 25, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

A Fresh Take Needed For Risky Funds

March 24, 2013, Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher

Lifting the Veil: Book Review of China’s Superbank

March 2013, Erica S. Downs

If Europe Doesn't Stand Up After Cyprus

March 20, 2013, Carlo Bastasin

What's the Big Deal about Cyprus?

March 20, 2013, Michael W. Klein

Eurozone's Risky Strategy in Cyprus

March 19, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

The Fed's Trying To Get the Party Started, So Why All the Criticism?

March 18, 2013, George L. Perry

The Eurozone's Gambling Problem: Rolling the Dice on Cyprus

March 18, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

I do think building up the capital of the banks would give them the confidence to be more aggressive on the lending side. It is absolutely imperative that the incentive structure built into compensation be aligned with financial stability.

March 11, 2013, Donald Kohn, Wall Street Journal

Is Housing Finance Reform Coming at Last?

March 6, 2013, Michael Barr

Italy’s Post-Election Chaos Isn’t What You Think

March 1, 2013, Carlo Bastasin

Higher Bank Capital Requirements Would Come at a Price

February 20, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

Often low- and moderate-income families need a way to cash their check, they need a way to pay their bills, they need a way to save for the future, and they’ve cobbled together an interesting mix of bank and non-bank services to do that that are often more expensive and more costly than they need to be.

February 18, 2013, Michael Barr, The Economist

Obama's SOTU Should Promote a Continued Path to Financial Reform

February 12, 2013, Michael Barr

Silence Is Golden: The Financial Markets and the State of the Union

February 7, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

With the rating agencies discredited and markets vulnerable to adverse news on the economy, the period of unusual uncertainty could be prolonged.

February 5, 2013, Donald Kohn, Bloomberg

It’s Time for Sensible Regulation of Derivatives

January 23, 2013, Martin Neil Baily and Aaron Klein

National Suspicions Undermine Global Financial Cooperation

January 22, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

Structuring Finance to Enhance Economic Growth and Stability

January 17, 2013, Douglas J. Elliott

Eurozoned Out

January 17, 2013, Justin Vaïsse and Thomas Wright

Finish the Job of Financial Reform

December 27, 2012, Michael Barr

Monetary Policy in 2012: Further Disappointments in Growth; Further Innovations in Monetary Policy

December 20, 2012, Donald Kohn