Financial Reform Is Being Gutted ... And Congress Might Not Even Realize It


by Washington's Blog
2009-12-10


As I have repeatedly pointed out, proposed derivatives legislation will not make things better:

A leading credit default swap expert (Satyajit Das) says that the new credit default swap regulations not only won't help stabilize the economy, they might actually help to destabilize it.

Senator Cantwell says that the new derivatives legislation is weaker than current regulation.

Now, Mike Konzkal points out that the new derivatives bill may be completed gutted, and that Congress might not even realize it:

Have lobbyists snuck another major loophole into the OTC Derivatives bill? This week the final touches are being put on Barney Frank’s financial regulation bill – H.R. 4173 - “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009.â€