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@ Brookings Podcast: The First Anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Law

July 21, 2011

A year after it was signed, many of the provisions in the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law have yet to be implemented, and opponents in Congress are seeking to scale back its provisions. Doug Elliott says that while the deadline targets set in the law were too optimistic, its provisions will likely survive largely unchanged and will help protect consumers and the markets from future economic crises.