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WATCH: Minneapolis Fed's Neel Kashkari says big banks are still a risk, and...
"While significant progress has been made to strengthen our financial system, I believe the [Dodd-Frank] Act did not go far enough," Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said in remarks at...
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Financial transaction taxes in theory and practice
The Great Recession, which was triggered by financial market failures, has prompted renewed calls for a financial transaction tax (FTT) to discourage excessive risk taking and recoup the costs of the...
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A conversation with President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and the High-Level...
Event Information February 17, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ESTSomers Room The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC Each year, sub-Saharan Africa loses hundreds of millions of...
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The heavy burden of being labelled systemically important
Almost everyone would agree that large banks like JPMorgan and Citigroup should be classified as Sifis — the melodious acronym for systemically important financial institutions, whose failure would...
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Four questions to ask before breaking up the banks
Editor's note: This is based on a presentation given at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Symposium: Ending Too Big To Fail, on April 4. Calls to break up the “big banks” remain part of the political...
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Not just for the professionals? Understanding equity markets for retail and...
Event Information April 15, 2016 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDTThe Brookings Institution Falk Auditorium 1775 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event The financial crisis is now...
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Breaking up the big banks won't stop another financial crisis
In debating whether or not to break up the big banks, there is a key misconception that has to be put to rest by both sides: another financial crisis will occur, regardless. Financial crises are part...
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Kohn: Challenges in implementing macroprudential policies
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, macroprudential policy tools have received much attention, but central bankers have relatively little experience implementing these policies in highly...
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Macroprudential policy: Implementation and effectiveness
Don Kohn delivered the following conference keynote at the European Central Bank on April 27, 2016. I appreciate the opportunity to attend and address this first annual ECB macroprudential policy...
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From Panama to London: Legal and illegal corruption require action at the UK...
The leaked information in the Panama Papers from the law firm Mossack Fonseca has captured the headlines for weeks and will continue to do so as further names are exposed. The scandal has placed...
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Money market funds in China become less systemically risky
Last year, China's stock market took a tumble, which sent shock waves through the global securities markets. Now, money market funds are booming in China and could present the next systemic risk....
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Understanding non-prime borrowers and the need to regulate small dollar and...
On May 18 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a hearing, schedule for June 2, at which it will likely release its long-anticipated proposed rule on the regulation of small dollar...
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De Panama à Londres : agir contre la corruption légale et illégale au sommet...
La fuite des informations du cabinet juridique Mossack Fonseca dans l’affaire des « Panama Papers » a fait et fera la une des journaux pendant des semaines à fur et à mesure de la révélation de...
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The post-Brexit world is poorer
British democracy is alive and well—the people seemed to have voted for Brexit with their hearts, not their immediate pocketbooks. UK voters instructed to their government to pull the plug on their...
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