Banking with Interest

The End of Independent Bank Regulation?

Jan 14, 2025 · 23 min · Season 6 · Episode 2 · 19.0 MB
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Michael Barr's surprising decision to step down as Fed vice chair of banking supervision next month allows the incoming Trump administration to make its own pick for the job and raises questions about the political independence of the banking regulators going forward. Andrew Ackerman, senior financial reporter with The Washington Post, walks through the implications for banks and discusses Barr's likely successor.