So the public interest aspects of the test sort of go by the wayside, and the concentration is on simply the safety and soundness of the banking institution and risks that they might be taking.
On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
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Reed critiques the focus on bank safety over public interest in regulatory evaluations.
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