Bill Foster: “There has been some discussion here about what problem this might be solving.”

This bill strengthens FSOC's capability to execute its mission by improving consistency, accountability, and outcomes for our financial system. I appreciate also Ranking Member Waters' support for this bill in committee and urge my…

Do you remember with AIG, the real problem with AIG falling into bankruptcy is that it would immediately put a bazillion of the European banks into violation of their capital requirements, which was major contagion that----

If you conclude, as you are actively studying it, that you need more visibility into certain areas of, particularly nonbank things that may be parts of the chain of contagion, please let us know, because it is our job to avoid the next…

While the Presidency is often the focus of political pronouncements about macroeconomic conditions, there is no question that it undersells the importance and the independence of the work of the Federal Reserve Board.