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Fixing the Banking System
As our nation continues to recover from the recent financial crisis, there is much work to be done to ensure similar crises are avoided in the future.
Banking System
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Restructuring the Banking System to Improve Safety and Soundness
By Thomas M. Hoenig and Charles S. Morris
This paper offers a proposal to reduce the costs and risks to the public safety net and financial system and reintroduce accountability by restricting bank activities.Read Kansas City Fed President Hoenig's plan to restructure the banking system and end too big to fail by reforming the shadow banking system: Back to the Business of Banking. (05/24/2011)
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Housing Finance
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Reforming U.S. Housing Finance
(11/5/2010)
President Hoenig speaks about creating more stable housing markets and lessening boom-bust cycles. -
Leadership in the Regulatory Agencies
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It's Not Over 'Til It's Over: Leadership and Financial Reform
(10/10/2010)
President Hoenig speaks about strong leadership and the long, complex process of regulatory reform.
For related information, read Integrity, Fairness and Resolve: Lessons from Bill Taylor and the Last Financial Crisis, a brief biography that focuses on the leadership of the Fed's long-time head of banking supervision during the financial crisis of the 1980s and the parallels to today's turmoil.
President Hoenig
- Do SIFIs Have a Future?
(6/27/2011)
Reducing the artificial complexity of existing financial structures.. - Written Statement to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress
(4/21/2009)
Large financial institutions and systemic threat. - Success Depends on Failure
(4/9/2009)
A resolution process plus related materials (4/28/09). - Too Big Has Failed
(3/6/2009)
An overview of the financial crisis, policy actions and applying previous lessons learned. - More related speeches and congressional letters and testimony
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