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On the recordMay 15, 2012
But instead of calling these firms systemically important financial institutions or SIFIs, I think what we should call them is what we all know they are and what the market calls them as well, and that is too-big-to-fail institutions.
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Capuano criticizes the term SIFIs, arguing it obscures the reality of too-big-to-fail banks.

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