Bob Corker actually said...

I guess as people are looking at capital and they are trying to create a way of having return, and they know they can buy Spanish debt or some other debt of a sovereign and get a much greater yield, and you guys are not going to ping them on it, then you are basically encouraging them to buy risky sovereigns.

Context

Corker criticizes the encouragement of risky sovereign debt purchases due to capital regulations.

11/13/2012

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