Topic: Sheila Bair

Housing market: Prevention over correction

The housing doldrums have more to do with a failure of preventative policies, not corrective ones.

Big Ag boom is thanks to state subsidies

Farmers planted a near record number of acres of corn this season, which has caused corn futures to sink

Financial reform bill: What does it do about firms deemed 'too big to fail'?

Financial reform legislation hammered out Friday between the House and Senate is the biggest set of new bank regulations since the Depression. But experts disagree on whether it can eliminate 'too big to fail' banks and prevent future bailouts.

Bank failures hit Puerto Rico hard

Three bank failures took place last week in Puerto Rico, affecting about a quarter of the assets of the island's 10 banks.

There's nothing wrong with Social Security

That's the claim made by a "progressive" web site. Boy, are they wrong.

Commercial real estate loans drive more banks onto FDIC’s 'problem list'

There are more banks currently on the FDIC's "problem list" than anytime in the last 17 years. 

Paulson's 'On the Brink': Seven revelations about US financial crisis

In his account of managing America's financial crisis, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson recounts shock, disappointment, and own shortcomings. What lessons does 'On the Brink' hold?

Commission: three reasons why the financial crisis happened

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearings have produced one moment of drama and a few theories from regulators and bankers about why the meltdown happened.

Foreclosures rise. Big banks show profits. How can that be?

The bailouts helped the banks, but they're also benefiting from improvements in the housing market and overall economy.

Trapped in TARP? Banks eager to exit the US bailout program find it's not so easy.

A hasty exodus could weaken the wobbly banking system, US officials say. They're poised to raise the bar for those wanting out of the Treasury-runprogram.

Where did all the bailout money go?

The government has pledged $11.3 trillion for economic rescue – and has spent one-quarter of that. On what?

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A sharper outline for bank rescue plan

Bank stocks get a double-digit bump after Obama team’s communications blitz.

Barney Frank: Happy ending possible despite economic mess

Housing: More help may be needed

As home prices continue their dramatic fall, policymakers debate how much to intervene.

New bailout focus: how to fight foreclosures

The government will help homeowners restructure shaky mortgages financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but partisan debate looms over how to keep up the aid.