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TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER. HE'LL BE TESTIFYING ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL'S ANNUAL REPORT. ONE OF THE BOARD'S PRIMARY TASKS IS TO MONITOR...
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ON THE RECENTLY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COUNCIL'S ANNUAL REPORT. WE'RE TAKING YOUR TWEETS AND REACTIONS DURING THIS HEARING@GEITHNER. AND WE'LL BE STREAMING...
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COUNCIL. UNDER COMMITTEE RULE 3 F 2 TIME FOR OPENING STATEMENT IS LIMITED TO EIGHT MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE OF THE AISLE....
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WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN AVOIDING THE NEXT FINANCIAL CRISIS. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THE BEST PLACE TO START IS BY DMOG HARM. THIS COMMITTEE SPENT A...
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GEITHNER, I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE NATION'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM. AS I TRALD AROUND THE NORTHWEST CORRIDOR
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OF WISCONSIN, MY CONSISTENT CONSTITUENTS FEEL THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS FAR FROM COMMUNITY THE EURO CRISIS, THE AMERICAN DEBT CRISIS, THE AMERICAN CRISIS...
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MENDS ABOUT THE
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FSOK THAT MR. PATRICK -- MR. RAISED OF HAVING A ROBUST ECONOMY IN THE FACE OF NEW REGULATIONS THAT ARE PROMULGATED AT DODD SIRK. I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING...
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YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVICE. THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU
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TESTIFY BEFORE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ECONOMY AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY APPRECIATION AND CERTAIN THE -- STEERING US THROUGH THE WORST...
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TO KNOW THE STATEMENT MADE EARLIER TODAY BY SANDY WHILE, THE FORMER CEO OF CITY BANK. AND HE SAID EARLIER THIS MORNING ON "SQUAWK BOX," CNBC, WHAT...
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EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE OUR FINANCIAL
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SYSTEM STRONGER AND MOST SECURE. ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS LESSONS WAS THAT THE SYSTEM HAD BECOME TOO COMPLEX FOR LANKS AND THEIR REGULATORS TO EFFECTIVELY...
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NEED BACK. >> SENATOR DOLE FROM ILLINOIS. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. BIPARTISAN OBJECTIVE HAS TO BE TO MAXIMIZE PRIVATE SECTOR JOB
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GROWTH AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
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WHILE ENSURING ECONOMIC STABILITY. REGULATIONS ARE NECESSARY BUT THEY MUST BE SENSIBLE AND BALANCED. THE RULES MUST BE TRANSAPPARENT, UNAMBIGUOUS AND...
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| 00:14:46 |
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SECRETARY, ALMOST THE SAME THING YOU'VE HEARD IN SOME THE OPENING STATEMENTS. WE'RE ENGAGED IN A PROJECT IN OUR OFFICE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD...
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CHART OF ALL THE REGULATORY MEK REGULATORY MECHANICS AND PROM UL -- AND MATCH WITH RULE PROMULGATION. HAS DODD-FRANK WITH GOOD INTENTIONS CREATED A...
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MINUTES. >> AS MY STYLE
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APPROACHES, A CERTAIN NOSTALGIA IS INESCAPABLE. I TRY NOT TO
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INDULGE IN IT BUT I'M OVERWHELMED WITH IT AGAIN. WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME CHAIRMAN AFTER THE 2006 ELECTION, I WAS BESIEGED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL...
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CHAIRMAN. AND GOOD MORNING, MR. SECRETARY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE TOLD
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THAT THEY COULD REST ASSURED THESE REGULATORY STALIERS -- SCALEFAILURES, WITNESSED THE CLASP OF MF GLOBAL. IN THE LAST MONTH THE COLLAPSE OF PFG COMMODITIES,...
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THE CRISIS OF 2008 WAS CAUSED BY A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
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I THINK AT THIS POINT WE CAN SAY THAT LACK OF AUTHORITY OR INFORMATION BY REGULATORS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. INSTEAD OF ADVANCING A TRUE REFORM OF OUR...
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MUST LEAVE AT NOON TODAY TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE TO QUESTION THE SECRETARY, THE CHAIR ANNOUNCES HE STRICT I ENFORCE THE FIVE-MINUTE...
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THANK YOU. MR. SECRETARY,
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YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> CHAIRMAN. >> AND THE ONLY THING THAT WILL NOT BE STRICTLY ENFORCED IS THE FIVE MINUTES ON YOUR STATEMENT. YOU CAN -- >> CHAIRMAN
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BACCHUS, MEMBERS OF
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THE COMMITTEE, THANKS FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER CHANCE TO TESTIFY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY ON THE
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL'S ANNUAL REPORT. >> YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE LOUDER. >> OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO...
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AS THE COUNCIL'S REPORT
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OUTLINES WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES REPAIRING AND REFORMING OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE FORCED BANKS TO RAISE MORE THAN...
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| 00:30:57 |
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YOU DISCOVERED IN 2007 THAT THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS WERE MANIPULATING LIBOR. YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN MAY OF 2008 THE FOLLOWING YEAR INDICATED...
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| 00:31:49 |
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BANKS, EUROPEAN BANKS WERE HAVING A TOUGHER TIME RAISING DOLLARS. THOSE LIBOR RATES BEGAN TO RISE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN IN THE MARKET THAT...
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CFDC, THE SEC AND THE
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FED. >> HOW ABOUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? >> JUSTICE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE. AND THEN -- >> LET ME ASK YOU, YOU WERE AWARE
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OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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FRAUD. >> WE WERE ABSOLUTELY AWARE, NOT JUST OF THE REPORTS THAT BANKSINGS WERE
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UNDERREPORTING AND MISREPORTING, BUT THE NATURE OF THE RATE, AGAIN, THIS
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IS A RATE SET IN LONDON OVERSEEN BY THE BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION AND IT'S A RATE THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF CONSTRUCTED AVERAGE OF ESTIMATES. >> THAT'S...
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THREE U.S. BANKS. >>
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THREE AT THAT TIME, THREE OF 16, NOW 3 OF 1. BUT WE WERE
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AWARE OF THE RISK THAT THE WAY THIS
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WAS DESIGNED CREATED NOT JUST THE INCENTIVE FOR BANKS TO UNDERREPORT BUT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERREPORT. AND THAT WAS A PROBLEM. >> ALL RIGHT....
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WHAT ACTION DID YOU TAKE? YOU WERE AWARE THAT THEY TOOK NO ACTION, I BELIEVE? >> WELL, LET ME AGAIN EXPLAIN WHAT I DID. OUR FIRST INSTINCT WAS NOT...
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ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BUT TO BRING THIS TO THE BRITISH. AND I PERSONALLY RAISED THIS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. AND THEN I SENT HIM...
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OF MISCONDUCT. BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU SUPPLIED HIM, THAT -- HIS TESTIMONY WOULD NOT BE CORRECT, IS THAT RIGHT? >> WELL, AGAIN, I FELT THAT WE DID...
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| 00:34:36 |
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THE BRITISH OF THE NOT JUST THE REPORTS AND THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROADLY AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, BUT ALSO OF THE RANGE OF PROBLEMS...
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| 00:35:04 |
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TIME TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT LIBOR WAS BEING MISREPORTED, THE EXISTENCE OF FRAUD AND RIGGING? >> WHAT THE CFTC DID IN ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME FRAME...
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| 00:35:21 |
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ULTIMATE LITTLE TOOK FOUR YEARS WHICH RESULTED IN THE VERY, VERY STRONG APPROPRIATELY STRONG ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE YOU SAW ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH....
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BILLION AND ALSO THE $100 BILLION TAFF. NOW WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE UNDERSTATED. IS DOES THAT WORK TO THE TAXPAYER. >> WE WERE IN THE POSITION OF INVESTORS...
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TO DECIDE USED AS A REFERENCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE LEN ING INTHAT CONTEXT AND WE DID WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DID, WHICH IS TO USE THE BEST RATE AVAILABLE AT...
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| 00:36:54 |
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WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE
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IS THAT SOME OF THE LEADING
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD BEHAVED IN AN OUTRAGEOUS FASHION. THESE WERE NOT BAD GUESSES ABOUT DERIVATIVES. THESE WERE NOT OVERCONFIDENCE ABOUT...
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SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. >> AND THE SECT OF THE TREASURY. >>
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SO WE HAVE FOUR. >> THOSE ARE THE CORE
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MEMBERS. PROBABLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
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FDIC
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MAYBE OCCASIONALLY BUT THOSE ARE THE CORE
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MEMBERS. >> SO THESE ARE ALL
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| 00:39:04 |
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BUSH APPOINTEES. I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT OF THE REGULATORS BUT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OF THE BRITISH BECAUSE
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| 00:39:12 |
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THIS WAS A BRITISH ASSOCIATION. IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START POINTING FINGERS AT REGULATORS ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES CONFIRMED BY...
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| 00:39:28 |
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YOU
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REPORTED WHAT YOU FOUND AND MAYBE THINGS WEREN'T DONE TOUGH ENOUGH ALTHOUGH I AM STRUCK YOU NOTE THE CFTC DID BEGIN THE INVESTIGATION WHICH CULMINATED...
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CHANGE
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THE LAW TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY
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AVAILABLE TO THE REGULATORS TO PROTECT AN INSTITUTION FROM ITS MISTAKES. >> AND THEY ARE THEN PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. BY THE WAY, THERE ARE SOME NOW ...
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| 00:41:36 |
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THAT. A NEW BOOK BY MR. CONRAD, A MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BOYNE, I JUST GOT A COPY COMPLAINING THAT WE HAVE RESTRICTED THE ABILITY OF THE FEDERAL REGULATORS...
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I'M I DON'T QUITE
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UNDERSTAND YOUR
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ANSWER CONCERNING THE FED'S USE THE NEW YORK FED'S USE OF LIBOR. ON THE ONE HAND, I THINK YOU HAVE SAID THAT "WE ACTED VERY EARLY IN RESPONSE. WE...
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WE DID THE IMPORTANT VERY CON SEQUENCETIAL THING OF BRINGING IT TO THE ATTENTION TO THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF OF AUTHORITIES AND -- >> BUT YOU WEREN'T...
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TO MAKE A BASIC CHOICE AMONG ALTERNATIVES AT THAT TIME AND I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT TIME BACK THEN. >> BETWEEN
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A MANIPULATED NUMBER
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AND A NONMANIPULATED NUMBER. >> I WOULDN'T SAY IT THAT WAY. I WOULD SAY THIS WAS A RATE THAT WAS STRUCTURED
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| 00:43:36 |
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IN A RATE THAT WAS VULNERABLE TO MISREPORTING. WE WERE CAN HE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
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| 00:43:41 |
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THAT AND WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS TO TRY TO INITIATE A REFORM OF THE PROCESS WITH THE BRITISH BUT ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER RELEVANT AUTHORITIES...
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| 00:43:59 |
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A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF THE EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS. FRANKLY, I SEE VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION OF THE U.S. DEBT CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT ON A NOMINAL BASIS, THIS...
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| 00:46:15 |
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REFORMS TO ENTITLEMENT SPENDING. WE AGREE THAT OUR FISCAL DEFICITS ARE UNSUSTAINABLE. >> WHAT IS CHAPTER 3 OF THIS REPORT ABOUT, CAN ANNUAL REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS?...
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| 00:46:29 |
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OF U.S. FINANCIAL MARKETS, OUR FISCAL UNSUSTAINABILITY. >> WE DID IDENTIFY IN THE REPORT AS I DID IN MY STATEMENT IN SUMMARIZING THE REPORT THESE...
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RISK TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND ULTIMATELY TO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT BASIC RISK IN THE REPORT. >> BUT YOU JUST MAKE NO RECOMMENDATION...
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| 00:46:55 |
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THING TO ASK THE FED THE SEC, THE CFDC TO
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| 00:47:01 |
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THE DETAIL A REFORM PLAN. YOU'RE RIGHT TO SAY IT'S A RISK. THE COUNCIL IS RIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RISK. I DON'T THINK IT'S CORRECT IT SAY THE COUNCIL...
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ACCORDING TO ANDREW LOWE,
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A PROFESSOR AT MIT, THIS LIBOR FIXING SCANDAL
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DWARFS BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE ANY FINANCIAL SCAM IN THE HISTORY OF MARKETS. THAT'S PRETTY STRONG. I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU THINK THAT STATEMENT...
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BRITISH, WE IDENTIFIED A SERIES OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE IT UNTENABLE FOR THIS RATE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE BANK'S ENCENTIVE TO LOWER THEIR...
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| 00:51:34 |
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ELSE CAN CONGRESS DO TO ENSURE THAT THE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE BEING PAID BETWEEN THE BANKS IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND SOMEHOW WILL NOT NEGATIVE LITTLE...
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| 00:52:00 |
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AND YOU SHOULD ASK FOR PERIODIC UPDATES FROM THESE AGENCIES ON THE REFORMS UNDER WAY TO ADDRESS TA RISK. THAT'S FULLY PLOIPT. WE WELCOME THAT EFFORT....
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AND GOOD MORNING, MR.
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SECRETARY. I HAVE A
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QUESTION ABOUT THE WORKING -- PRESIDENTS WORKING GROUP ON FINANCIAL MARKETS. THERE'S AN ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT THE FED BRIEFED THE PRESIDENT'S WORKING...
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| 00:52:50 |
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FED BRIEFED THE WORKING GROUP. DOES THAT MEAN YOU DID IT
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OR SOMEBODY ELSE FROM THE FED IN. >> IT WAS ON THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING. AND I WENT TO PROVIDE -- I WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE GROUP BUT I OCCASIONALLY...
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| 00:53:05 |
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TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS ISSUE AND THEN MY STAFF SUBSEQUENTLY BRIEFED OFFICIALS OF THE TREASURY AND SEPARATELY OFFICIALS OF THE SEC AND THE CFTC....
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| 00:53:22 |
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YOU'VE HAD SINCE, DO YOU KEEP DETAILED MINUTES
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OF ALL
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THOSE MEETINGS? >> WE DO KEEP MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS TODAY AND PUT THOSE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> AND THEY'RE. >> WITH WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE
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| 00:53:35 |
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LAG IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REVIEW BY THE AGENCY. >> HOW OFTEN DO THOSE MEETINGS LEAD
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| 00:53:40 |
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TO POLICY CHANGES WHERE
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YOU MAKE A DECISION AND THE FED GOES OUT AND DOES SOMETHING OR TREASURY DOES SOMETHING OR
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| 00:53:46 |
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GETTING INVOLVED IN THE MARKETS? HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN. >> WELL, THE COUNCIL IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE AUTHORITY CONGRESS...
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| 00:53:57 |
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OF AUTHORITIES. ONE IS SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR THINGS LIKE DESIGNATING FINANCIAL MARKET UTILITIES THAT HAVE SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS. THAT'S A SPECIFIC...
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| 00:56:20 |
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MAINTAIN. >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AUTHORITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY DID. I RECOGNIZE THAT. >> BUT WHAT THE FED IS DOING IS WITH RESPONSIBILITY...
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GAVE IT TO KEEP PRICES LOW AND STABLE OVER
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TIME AND UNDIPLOMAT LOW -- UNEMPLOYMENT LOW OVER MANY TIE AND USING A SET OF TOOLS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO ACHIEVE THOSE OBJECTIVES. I WOULD SAY THAT'S...
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| 00:56:59 |
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THROUGH THE BOND BROKERS WHERE THEY MAKE HUGE COMMISSIONS ON THIS? WOULDN'T THIS BE MUCH BETTER FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER? >> FOR THE FED TO DIRECTLY...
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| 00:57:13 |
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BOND DEALERS AND I THINK THEY MAKE SOME COMMISSIONS ON THIS,
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AND THEN THE FED GOES OUT AND BUYS THESE BONDS AND BOND DEALERS MAKE MONEY OFF THIS. >> WELL, LET ME BE CAREFUL IF ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. LET ME TELL...
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| 00:57:31 |
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TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THE FED IS INDEPENDENT OF POLITICS BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FED AND THE TREASURY ...
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SEPARATED, WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE MEANT FOR AIG, FOR BEAR STEARNS, FOR LEHMAN, FOR WACHOVIA, ALL OF THE BIG BANKS. BUT I WANT TO USE MY TIME TODAY ON CRISES...
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WORLD. >> AND WAS IT SET BY A ASSOCIATION OR PROFESSIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES OR ELSEWHERE? WHO SET IT. >> NO, IT WAS SET BY THE BRITISH BANKERS...
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WHICH IS A GROUP OF BANKS. >> OKAY. WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S WORKING
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GROUP FOLLOWING
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THIS ISSUE? >> WELL, AS I SAID, WE BRIEFED THAT BROADER SET OF RELEVANT AGENCIES SO THEY WERE AWARE OF IT. THESE REPORTS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN....
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| 00:59:36 |
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THE CFTC STARTED AT THAT TIME AT A VERY FAR-REACHING TO THEIR CREDIT INVESTIGATION ULTIMATELY INVOLVED A RANGE OF OTHER AUTHORITIES. >> WELL, DID THE...
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| 00:59:56 |
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YORK FED HAS A RANGE OF AUTHORITY. BUT THE ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF THE FED RESTS WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN
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| 01:00:04 |
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WASHINGTON. NOT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE BANKS. BUT THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF OUR SYSTEM, AND IT'S A COMPLICATE THE SYSTEM AS MANY OF...
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| 01:00:29 |
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THE NEW YORK FED AT THE TIME. >> I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK THE
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SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THEN
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OR NOW HAS DIRECT ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY THAT IS RELEVANT TO THAT, THAT CONGRESS
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| 01:00:40 |
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HAS GIVEN THAT AUTHORITY TO OTHER AGENCIES WHICH IS APPROPRIATE. >> COULD YOU HAVE TAKEN ACTION AGAINST BARCLAY'S AT THE NEW YORK FED. >> AT THE NEW...
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WOULD EXPECT, I BELIEVE WE DID THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATE
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THING VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS. >> UH-HUH. >> WELL, COULD YOU PUT THIS IN CONTEXT IN TERMS OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
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| 01:01:03 |
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WERE WORKING ON IN
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2008? I KNOW THAT I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM MY CONSTITUENTS SCREAMING THAT THERE WAS A RUN ON THE MARKETS. THERE WAS A FEAR OF A COMPLETE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN....
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| 01:01:36 |
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PRESSURES ON THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD WERE VERY ACUTE AND THEY WERE CREATING THE REAL RISK OF A BROADER RUN, BROADER COLLAPSE...
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| 01:02:18 |
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COUNTRY? WHAT DID IT COST AMERICAN FAMILIES? AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD YET ANOTHER DEBT CEILING CRISIS, IF WE WENT OVER THE CLIFF AGAIN? IN TERMS...
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| 01:02:53 |
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OF 2011 WAS VERY DAMAGING. IT CAUSED ECONOMIC GROWTH TO SLOW AT A VERY EARLY VULNERABLE TIME IN RECOVERY. IT CAUSED STOCKS PRICES TO FALL SHARPLY DOING...
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| 01:03:35 |
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SERVICE. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, MR. JONES, FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> MR. CHARP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MR. SECRETARY,...
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| 01:03:43 |
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BEING HERE TODAY AND I'VE SAID MANY TIMES IN MY
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| 01:03:46 |
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DISTRICT AND HERE IN WASHINGTON THAT THE TWO WORST VOTES I MADE IN THE 1 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS WERE THE IRAQ WAR WHICH WAS VERY UNNECESSARY AND...
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| 01:05:43 |
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FUTURE AGAIN. AND THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO, BUT THE REFORMS CONGRESS ENACTED WERE VERY TOUGH AND VERY STRONG AGAINST JUST THE RISKS YOU SAID....
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| 01:07:18 |
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OF THE FEW REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR DODD-FRANK. IT WAS A DECISION THAT I MADE THAT THERE WAS MORE GOOD THAN BAD IN THAT LEGISLATION, AND THAT IF IT...
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| 01:08:39 |
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TO GO BACK TO, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT
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| 01:08:44 |
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THE MANIPULATION OF BARCLAY'S AND THE LIBOR MANIPULATION? HOW DID YOU FIRST FIND OUT ABOUT IT? >> WELL, AS I SAID EARLIER, ARE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN...
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| 01:08:58 |
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ULTIMATELY PUBLISHED IN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS OF RECORD, ABOUT NOT JUST THE POTENTIAL THAT BANKS COULD MISREPRESENT WHAT THEY WERE PAYING TO BORROW, BUT...
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| 01:09:27 |
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SPENDS A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
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| 01:09:30 |
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ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO IT'S THE BASIS ON THOSE REPORTS NOT JUST WHAT WAS IN THE PRESS. >> OKAY. AND SO WHAT YOU DID IS WHAT DID YOU DO AS A CONSEQUENCE...
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| 01:10:27 |
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THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WOULD PURSUE THEM. >> TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE $453 MILLION FINE AGAINST BARCLAY'S...
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| 01:10:41 |
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THE CONTINUING INVESTIGATION BEGAN BEGINS WHERE? >> WELL, THAT'S A QUESTION YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE CFTC. I BELIEVE THEY'VE SAID PUBLICLY THEIR INVESTIGATION...
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| 01:10:52 |
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THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN APRIL 2008. >> SO IF WE LOOK AT THE INVESTIGATION THAT LEADS TO THE FINE IT, BEGINS AT THE MOMENT IN WHICH YOU ARE MADE AWARE...
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| 01:11:02 |
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HEAD OF THE NEW YORK RESERVE AND CARRY OUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEN YOU INFORM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY A JOB THAT YOU CURRENTLY HOLD OF THIS...
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| 01:11:36 |
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THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AT THE TIME WHY SUFFICIENT BASIS TO INITIATE THIS VERY FAR-REACHING INVESTIGATION. >> I WANT TO HAVE ASK ABOUT THE...
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| 01:11:54 |
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STATES, PROMOTE MARKET DISCIPLINE BY ELIMINATING EXPECTATION OF GOVERNMENT BAILOUT, RESPOND TO EMERGING THREATS TO THE U.S. FINANCIAL SYSTEM. TELL...
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| 01:12:21 |
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INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES. THEY SHARE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES. AND THEY'RE WRITING A SET OF RULES THAT ARE VERY COMPLICATED BY DEFINITION...
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| 01:13:04 |
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MAYBE I GAVE THE WRONG QUESTION. >> I THINK YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THE OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE IN OUR SYSTEM,...
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| 01:13:15 |
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MEASURES WE TOOK TO IN THE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY BUT IN THE REFORMS. JUST TAKE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT. $400 BILLION MORE CAPITAL IN THE SYSTEM TODAY. ...
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| 01:13:42 |
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WHAT WE DID IN THE CRISIS. THE DERIVATIVES COMPLICATED CHALLENGES IN
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| 01:13:48 |
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DERIVATIVES. THESE AGENCIES HAVE MADE MAJOR MORNING PROGRESS IN LAYING OUT A SWEEPING SET OF COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS THAT BRING MORE TRANSPARENCY TO...
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| 01:15:22 |
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HERE. WHICH REGULATOR DROPPED THE
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| 01:15:25 |
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BALL WITH REGARD TO AIGING? WHICH REGULATOR WAS IN CHARGE OF REGULATING AIG FP WHICH IS THE AIG DIVISION THAT ENGAGED IN THE NONEXISTENT RISK MANAGEMENT...
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| 01:16:01 |
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VERY COMPLICATED GLOBAL SYSTEM. YOU'RE RIGHT TO SAY THE OTS DID HAVE SOME -- SOMEWHAT BROADER RESPONSIBILITY ALONGSIDE OF THE STATES. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE...
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| 01:16:27 |
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A PRETTY DAMNING REPORT ABOUT AIG OVERSIGHT. FOUND MORE FOR THAN TWO YEARS, AIG HAS HAD NO CONSOLIDATED BANKING REGULATOR OF ITS NONINSURANCE FINANCIAL...
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| 01:18:13 |
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TO DESIGNATE A NONBANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT COULD CAUSE BROADER DAMAGE TO THE SYSTEM LIKE AIG TO GIVE THE COUNCIL THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE...
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| 01:19:05 |
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OF REGULATING AIG RIGHT NOW? >> WHAT THE CONGRESS DOES IS GIVE THE COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY THE FED IF THE COUNCIL DESIGNATES THAT FIRM THAT AUTHORITY....
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| 01:19:15 |
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THERE IS NO REGULATOR NO YOU? >> UNDER THE LAWS OF THE LAND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKED. THAT'S WHY IN DODD FRANK WE
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| 01:19:22 |
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ASKED FOR THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE WE COULD
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| 01:19:24 |
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DESIGNATE AND MAKE SURE WE USE THAT AUTHORITY CAREFULLY. AS YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES REFERRED TO THIS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO ...
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| 01:19:53 |
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THE PLAN TO SIG T.A.R.P. AND TO CONGRESS. >> HAPPY TO BRIEF YOU. LET ME JUST SAY IT BRIEFLY. WE HAVE OUR REMAINING FINANCIAL EXPOSURE TO AIG OF THE TAXPAYER...
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| 01:20:03 |
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THE FORM ONLY MUCH EQUITY NOW. WE HAVE SOLD A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT. WE'VE PLANNED TO SELL AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS SOON AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE WANT NOTHING...
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| 01:20:43 |
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HAPPY TO RESPOND AND LAY OUT WHAT OUR BROAD
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| 01:20:46 |
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VIEW OF HOW WE GET OUT OF OUR YOUR REMAINING, HE POSH. >>
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| 01:20:51 |
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CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MISS VELASQUEZ FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, SECRETARY GEITHNER FOR YOUR
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| 01:20:59 |
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SERVICE. SOME STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ALLEGED THE
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| 01:21:04 |
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LIBOR MANIPULATION TO THE AT THE TIMERIMENT OF REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY BANKS. AS YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BANKS ARE SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF SMALL BUSINESS LENDING...
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| 01:22:08 |
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GOING REVIEW BY A BUNCH OF AGENCIES THAT SHOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT IT. I THINK IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT...
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| 01:22:28 |
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INCLUDING MORTGAGES AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS. WHAT IMPACT WILL THE LIBOR SCANDAL HAVE ON ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. >> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE MATERIAL...
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| 01:22:47 |
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IN THE FINANCIAL
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| 01:22:52 |
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SECTOR. >> TOUGH RULES AND GIVE PEOPLE THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE RULES AND WHERE THEY FIND EVIDENCE OF
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| 01:23:02 |
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BAD BEHAVIOR THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE AND I WOULD SAY THE OBVIOUS, WE HAVE A AS THE UNITED STATES AND THE INSTITUTIONS...
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| 01:23:33 |
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| 01:23:34 |
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WELCOME. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN. THE FINANCIAL RESEARCH COMPREHENSIVE
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| 01:23:38 |
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STUDY ON THE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY ANALYZING THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH FIRMS MIGHT POST SYSTEMIC RISK AND I SENT YOU A LETTER IN MID-JUNE AND I WOULD LIKE...
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| 01:24:07 |
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TO DO WITH THEIR DESIGNATION AUTHORITY FOR THAT MIX OF INSTITUTIONS IF ANYTHING. WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE PUBLIC...
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| 01:24:42 |
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FSOC TO CONIFER WITH FEDERAL REGULATORS AND CRAFTED WITHOUT EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION WILL INCREASE COST, CONFUSION AND COMPLEXITY AND...
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| 01:25:19 |
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FIRMS HIGHER CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AGAINST THE RISK THEY TOLD. THEY'RE FORCED TO HOLD MORE CAPITAL AGAINST RISK AND IT SEEMS SENSIBLE AND FAIR. WHAT...
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| 01:26:00 |
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IS GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ECONOMY. >> EXACTLY N
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| 01:26:03 |
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THIS AREA AND MANY OTHERS IF YOU END UP RAISING STANDARDS IN THE UNITED
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| 01:26:07 |
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STATES,
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| 01:26:10 |
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AND LEAVING THEM LOWER AND WEAKER OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, THEN RISK WILL SHIFT TO THOSE MARKETS AND IT WILL ULTIMATELY HURT US, TOO. >> RECENT RULE...
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| 01:26:25 |
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AND CRITICIZED AS CON SPIG LUSLY BANK CENTERED AND UNWORKABLE. WHAT ACTIONS DO YOU THINK THE FED PRUDENTIAL REGULATION NEEDS TO TAKE TO TREAT INSURERS...
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| 01:26:58 |
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WHERE THEY HAD TO APPLY THESE BROAD STANDARDS ON CAPITAL LEVERAGE TO A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT INCLUDES AN INSURANCE COMPANY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO...
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| 01:28:28 |
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SURE IT IS IMPLEMENTED. I
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| 01:28:30 |
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YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. >> GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY FOR BEING HERE. MR. SECRETARY, HAVE YOU GOTTEN A...
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| 01:28:32 |
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| 01:28:41 |
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| 01:28:42 |
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KERING IF YOU WOULD SEND ME OR TELL ME WHERE I CAN ACCESS WHAT THESE RECOMMENDED REFORMS ARE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THEM. I WON'T DWELL...
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| 01:32:22 |
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IT. I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH AS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO SAVE THIS INDUSTRY IN THE CRISIS...
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| 01:32:57 |
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WE WOBT HAVE A DOMESTIC INDUSTRY IF WE HAD NOT DONE THAT IN MY OPINION. I AM NOT QUESTIONING THAT. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD...
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| 01:33:46 |
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FIVE MINUTES. >>
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| 01:33:47 |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MR. SECRETARY.
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| 01:33:49 |
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MR. SECRETARY, I HEAR ALL OF THIS AND ON THE LIBOR SITUATION YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT,
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| 01:33:54 |
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TOO. YOU HAVE BEEN BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE 2008 AND IF THIS IS THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY AS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING...
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| 01:36:12 |
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THAT PROCESS VERY EARLY. >> YOU TOLD CONGRESS ABOUT THIS? >> LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT WE DID. AGAIN, WHAT WE DID AND AGAIN THESE CONCERNS WERE
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| 01:36:21 |
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IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> NO, IT IS NOT WHAT
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| 01:36:24 |
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I AM SAYING. I AM SAYING WE DID NOT TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS IS THAT HAVING LOOKED
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| 01:36:30 |
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INTO THESE CONCERNS
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| 01:36:31 |
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AND BELIEVED THEY WERE A PROBLEM, WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO BRIEF THE BROADER REGULATORY COMMUNITY SO THEY HAD THAT INFORMATION EVEN THOUGH IT WAS...
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| 01:36:54 |
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| 01:37:12 |
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| 01:37:21 |
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| 01:37:22 |
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WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS. >> THE SAME JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE CHAIRMAN ASKED YOU WHETHER YOU NOTIFIED AND YOU INDICATED THEY WERE NOT AT THE TABLE SO...
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| 01:37:40 |
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THERE IS ALWAYS SO MUCH FINGER POINTING BY THE REGULATORS AFTER THE FACT. LET ME TURN TO WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR TODAY, THE NON-BANK DESIGNATION. WE HAVE...
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| 01:38:49 |
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YOU SAID. I DON'T THINK OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR CONCERNS DON'T THINK YOU ARE RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATION ITSELF WILL CONIFER A FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE....
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| 01:39:54 |
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HERE. BRITISH BANKS LIED TO THE BRITISH BANKING
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| 01:39:59 |
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ASSOCIATION. THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND OTHER BRITISH REGULATORS SCREWED UP AND DIDN'T CATCH THEM. EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT EXTRAORDINARY OUTSIDE HELP FROM...
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| 01:42:12 |
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THE CHALLENGE, THOUGH, IS NOT FINDING A RATE THAT CAPTURES THE GOVERNMENT'S COST OF FUNDS. THE CHALLENGE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HAD WHAT'S A WAY TO...
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| 01:42:49 |
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COULD RELEASE THIS AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE COURT CASES WHERE PEOPLE GO IN AND SEEK MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS OR PROSPECTIVELY OR RETROACTIVELY...
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| 01:44:35 |
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REPAIR THE REMAINING DAMAGE IN THE HOUSING MARKET. I THINK OUR OVERWHELMING OBLIGATION NOW STILL IS TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE A...
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| 01:45:30 |
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SECRETARY, I WANT TO
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| 01:45:33 |
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GO BACK TO APRIL OF 2008 AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK IN NEW YORK. YOU FIRST ADDRESSED OR STARTED ADDRESSING...
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| 01:46:14 |
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2008, BUT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST, THE NEW YORK FED, MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE FULL RANGE OF THINGS AVAILABLE AND WE WILL SHARE...
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| 01:46:32 |
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DISCLOSURE. BASICALLY I THOUGHT WHAT YOU MADE IN I THINK FIVE OR SIX BULLET POINTS THERE, SOME STRUCTURAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW MAYBE LIBOR COULD...
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| 01:47:31 |
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BY THE BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION WHICH BECAUSE OF ITS DESIGN CREATED NOT JUST THE INCENTIVE TO UNDER REPORT BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THAT...
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| 01:49:03 |
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THAT PROMPTED THEM TO OPEN UP AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION, BUT IT WASN'T JUST A BRITISH PROBLEM. I MEAN, YOU KNOW WELL AND YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE...
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| 01:49:51 |
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CURRENCIES, AND THAT'S WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID. WE DID NOT VIEW THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WAS SOME SMALL ISOLATED PROGRAM WITH THE IMPACT LIMITED TO LONDON...
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| 01:50:28 |
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LAST CONVERSATION OR LAST MEMO? >> WE DID AND MY COLLEAGUES DID AND THE BRIT IRK BANKERS ASSOCIATION AT THREE SEPARATE POINTS I THINK AFTER WE ACTED...
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| 01:50:39 |
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CHANGES TO THAT PROCESS BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T THINK THEY WENT FAR ENOUGH. >> GENTLEMAN'S TIME EXPIRED. CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK...
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| 01:50:56 |
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I THINK THAT IN THE AREA OF MR. SHERMAN
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| 01:51:00 |
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WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO LIBOR IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT WHAT I FOUND TO BE A CONTINUING DIVIDE BETWEEN WALL STREET AND MAIN STREET...
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| 01:52:50 |
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THOSE CAREFULLY IN THIS CONTEXT. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A BROAD RANGE OF OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR STATES PARTLY BECAUSE...
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| 01:53:45 |
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PART OF THAT SAME PIECE WALL STREET/MAIN STREET IS BANKS LENDING MONEY, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL I THINK BY...
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| 01:54:45 |
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GENERAL VIEW ON THIS. THE ECONOMY IS NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH. UNEMPLOYMENT IS VERY HIGH. HUGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE LEFT IN THE HOUSING MARKET. AMERICANS...
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| 01:56:10 |
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RECORD TO FOLLOW UP TO VICE CHAIRMAN
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| 01:56:16 |
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HENSARLING AND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE LIBOR ISSUE, IT WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER THAT AFTER THE LIBOR ISSUE CAME TO NOTE AND YOU SHARED THIS INFORMATION...
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| 01:56:56 |
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AROUND THE WORLD, YES. >>
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| 01:56:57 |
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A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. >> YES. >>
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| 01:57:01 |
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SO IN THE FSOC REPORT YOU SAY CONCERNING THE SPANISH FISCAL PERFORMANCE
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| 01:57:05 |
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CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPANISH FISCAL
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| 01:57:07 |
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PERFORMANCE HAVE PERSISTED FUELLING DOUBTS ABOUT
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| 01:57:10 |
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THE PRUDENCE OF ADHERING TO STRICT BUDGET TARGETS AMID DEEPENING RECESSION. AS A RESULT YOU YOUR AREA OF FINANCE MINISTERS AGREED TO RELAXATION OF SPAIN'S...
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| 01:57:56 |
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WHY. YOU ARE RIGHT TO REMIND US ALL THAT IF YOU HAVE UNSUSTAINABLE DEFICITS OVER TIME YOU LEAVE THEM UNADDRESSED AND IT WILL HURT YOU ECONOMICALLY...
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| 01:58:31 |
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NO COMPARISON TO
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| 01:58:32 |
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WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US. >> SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUES AND THE EUROZONE ARE GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER? >> DEPENDS...
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| 01:58:42 |
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THEY MAKE GOING FORWARD. THEY'RE DOING A SET OF IMPORTANT NECESSARY TOUGH THINGS ON THE REFORM SIDE TO MAKE THE ECONOMIES WORK
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| 01:58:49 |
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BETTER, MORE COMPETITIVE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTITUTIONS OF EUROPE OVER TIME CREATE BETTER FISCAL DISCIPLINES AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF...
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| 01:59:24 |
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THAN IT WAS IN SPAIN WHEN THEIR TEN-YEAR SPANISH SOVEREIGN JACKED UP TO 7% WHEN ALL OF THIS ACTION TOOK PLACE, SO DO YOU THINK THAT THE MARKETS ALREADY...
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| 01:59:51 |
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CAN TELL IS THE MARKET EVERY DAY IS MAKING A
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| 01:59:55 |
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NEW ASSESSMENT ABOUT WHETHER THE
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| 01:59:57 |
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EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE GOING TO DO ENOUGH TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO TOO THAT. THEY SAID THAT'S THEIR INTENTION, THEIR PLANS. THEY HAVE...
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| 02:00:13 |
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THE EUROZONE DEBT CRISIS AND I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS SUMMITS AND YOU'RE FREQUENTLY THERE. YOU'RE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE...
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| 02:00:30 |
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A BREATHEN WOOD STYLE LARGE ACTIONS BY THE WORLDS TO TAKE ON THIS ISSUE? WHAT IS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN? YOU SAID IT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT...
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| 02:00:31 |
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| 02:00:53 |
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DOING IS TRY TO PUT PRESSURES IS THE WRONG WORD, TO PUT, WELL, I WILL USE IT, TO PUT AS MUCH PRESSURE AS WE CAN ON THEM TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY AND CREDIBLY...
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| 02:01:52 |
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THANK YOU. HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW WHO OBVIOUSLY THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU DIDN'T DO ENOUGH IN 2008. THAT'S GREAT. IT KIND OF STRIKES
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| 02:01:59 |
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ME THAT THESE ARE THE VERY SAME PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING TOO MUCH PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME. THEY DON'T LIKE ANY REGULATION. THEY ARE CURRENTLY...
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| 02:02:38 |
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COMPELLING EVIDENCE IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF THE DAMAGE YOU CAN DO TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WHEN YOU ALLOW A SYSTEM TO OUT GROW ANY SENSIBLE SET OF...
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| 02:03:28 |
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NEED THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS
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| 02:03:30 |
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CONGRESS TO PUT THESE RULES IN PLACE AND MAKE SURE THESE AGENCIES HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ENFORCE THEM. >> ON ANOTHER MATTER, JUST CURIOUS,...
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| 02:03:43 |
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| 02:04:07 |
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THERE IS MUCH LESS CONFIDENCE IN MARKETS AND THIS IS A GOOD THING FUNDAMENTALLY THAT CONGRESS OR THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE FUTURE WOULD COME IN AND...
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| 02:04:48 |
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TODAY AND I HAPPEN TO AGREE AND I VOTED GO ENS THAT REPEAL AND I WISH THEY HAD VOTED GO ENS THAT REPEAL AS WELL. THEY DIDN'T. OBVIOUSLY THE LIBOR MATTER...
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| 02:06:57 |
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FOLLOWING. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE A VERY TOUGH ENFORCEMENT REGIME SO THAT PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE THE LAW ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE...
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| 02:07:52 |
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SECRETARY, FOR BEING
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| 02:07:54 |
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HERE. AS YOU RESPOND TO MS. MALONEY
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| 02:07:58 |
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ON THE QUESTIONS ABOUT SEPARATION OF THE INVESTMENT BANK FROM THE INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT WRITTEN RESPONSE....
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| 02:10:35 |
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IN A MUCH STRONGER PLACE THAN IT WAS WHEN THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE. I THINK BY EVERY MEASURE WE ARE IN A DRAMATICALLY STRONGER PLACE AND A MUCH BETTER...
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| 02:12:06 |
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TRENDS ARE UNSUSTAINABLE. IN YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE BUDGETS ARE BEING CUT, THAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS BEING CUT AS...
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| 02:12:35 |
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BE. IT IS ALSO TRUE OF COURSE OUR LONG-TERM DEFICITS ARE UNSUSTAINABLE AND WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY TO HAVE CONGRESS -- >> WHY ARE THEY UNSUSTAINABLE?...
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| 02:12:50 |
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TO BE TOO LARGE AND ULTIMATELY -- >> LET ME FINISH
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| 02:12:54 |
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UP HERE. JUST GOT A SECOND. I NOTICE THAT YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND VERY STRONG WORDS TALKING
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| 02:13:01 |
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ABOUT THE DEBT DISCUSSION, THE DEBT CEILING DISCUSSION, BUT ALMOST NO TIME TALKING ABOUT DEBT AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE INDICATION OF WHERE YOU ARE....
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| 02:13:17 |
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MR. LYNCH, FOR FIVE FINMINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. SECRETARY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL. THERE IS A DOCUMENT REFERRED TO A NUMBER OF...
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| 02:13:28 |
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LET ME FIRST ASK YOU, THIS IS REGARDING YOUR RESPONSE BACK IN 2008 WHEN I BELIEVE IT WAS IN APRIL OF 2008 THERE WERE A SERIES OF ARTICLES THAT CAME...
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| 02:14:23 |
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YOU INFORMED THEM YOU ALSO I HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, A MEMO. IT IS DATED
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| 02:14:30 |
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6-1-2008, 5 P.M., AND IT IS A COVER PAGE THAT SAYS IT WAS ACTUALLY DELIVERED THE PREVIOUS TUESDAY. IT IS ADDRESSED TO MERVYN KING. WAS HE THE GOVERNOR...
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| 02:14:53 |
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TO PUT A FINE POINT ON THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TALKED
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| 02:14:57 |
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ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE, BUT IN SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS IT SEEMS TO BE IGNORED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GOES INTO THE RECORD AND THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR...
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| 02:16:00 |
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THE COMPOSITION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR PANEL, ADD A SECOND U.S. DOLLAR LIBOR FIXING FOR THE U.S. MARKET, SPECIFY TRANSACTION SIZE, ONLY REPORT THE LIBOR ...
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| 02:16:42 |
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FROM SECRETARY -- ACTUALLY BACK THEN THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND BE ACCEPTED INTO THE...
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| 02:17:03 |
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AND I CAN'T LAY MY HANDS ON IT, BUT IT TALKED
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| 02:17:07 |
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ABOUT THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE REQUESTS FOR MANIPULATING LIBOR CAME FROM TRADERS WHO ARE ASKING TO LOWER LIBOR AS OPPOSED TO COMING FROM LENDERS ASKING...
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| 02:19:01 |
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MITIGATE RISK, HAPPY TO RESPOND MORE TO THE MEMBER'S QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY. I YIELD BACK. >> GENTLEMAN'S TIME EXPIRED. CHAIR ROIRZS...
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| 02:19:13 |
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FITZPATRICK FOR FIVE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR.
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| 02:19:15 |
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SECRETARY, FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, YOUR TIME TODAY AND FOR THE REPORT. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTIONS THAT MR.
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| 02:19:22 |
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PEARCE WAS ASKING REGARDING ANNUAL BUDGET DEFICITS AND THE GROWING NATIONAL DEBT. IN THE REPORT PAGE 8 ENTITLED POTENTIAL EMERGING THREATS TO UNITED...
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| 02:20:15 |
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ECONOMY. I AGREE IF LEFT UNADDRESSED THAT WOULD BE TRUE. >> HENRY MORGANTHAU JUNIOR, HE HAS BEEN OFTEN QUOTED RECENTLY AND ONE PARTICULAR QUOTE I WANT...
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| 02:20:35 |
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1930s WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE EVER SPENT BEFORE AND IT DOES NOT WORK. I WANT TO SEE THIS COUNTRY PROSPEROUS. I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GET...
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| 02:21:16 |
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WHAT CAUSED THE GREAT DEPRESSION BUT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE ECONOMY GROWING AGAIN MUCH MORE QUICKLY AND THE ECONOMY...
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| 02:22:55 |
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IN ORDER TO BRING THIS DOWN TO MANAGEABLE LEVELS, WOULDN'T PASSING DOWN THE BUDGET RESOLUTION, TO PUTTING THE DEFICITS UNDER CONTROL? >> I KNOW WHERE...
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| 02:23:12 |
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WON'T HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO PROPOSE THINGS. CONGRESS HAS TO COME TOGETHER AND NEGOTIATE A FRAMEWORK, TO BRING THESE REFORMS....
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| 02:23:31 |
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GOVERNMENT FROM SPENDING $10 TRILLION SINCE THE IT PASSED A BUDGET RESOLUTION AND, THE STATEMENT INDICATING WHAT REASONABLE STEPS SUCH MEMBER BELIEVES...
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| 02:24:04 |
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| 02:24:23 |
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| 02:24:24 |
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| 02:24:32 |
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THAT LIBOR WAS LIABLE TO MANIPULATION. IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN HONOR SYSTEM AND THEIR INCENTIVES TO THIS REPORT AND THERE WERE RUMORS AND THERE WERE REPORTS...
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| 02:26:33 |
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BE AWARE OF THAT. >> WHY NOT? BECAUSE THE CONCERN ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE RATE
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| 02:26:41 |
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AND THE CONCERNS ACROSS THE MARKET WE THOUGHT WERE SUFFICIENT BASIS ON WHICH TO DO THE THINGS I SAID I DID -- >> MR. SECRETARY, THIS CONVERSATION IS...
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| 02:26:57 |
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TO MANIPULATION, BUT IN FACT, THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, BEING MANIPULATED THAT THERE WERE FALSE REPORTS BEING FOUND BY SOMEONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IT...
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| 02:27:28 |
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POINT, WE HAD A SUFFICIENT BASIS ON BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET WAS SAYING WAS HAPPENING AND THE WAY THIS THING IS DESIGNED ON WHICH TO TAKE THE ACTIONS...
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| 02:27:44 |
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LIKE IT THAT NOT JUST -- IT WAS WANT JUST THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT PARTICIPANTS IN LIBOR ADMITTED THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, MISREPORTING AND THAT...
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| 02:28:13 |
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ABOUT THE RANGE OF DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT WERE OUT THERE, WE THOUGHT WERE CREDIBLE, THAT BANKS WERE ACTUALLY MISREPORTING AND IT WAS NOT ON THE BASIS...
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| 02:28:55 |
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THE NEW YORK FED STAFF DID IN TERMS OF WHO DID THAT. YOU DID NOT. >> YOU DID NOT. >> MR. SECRETARY, YOU ALSO SAID EARLIER THAT LITIGATION WAS CERTAINLY...
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| 02:29:09 |
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BEING CONTEMPLATED, AND
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| 02:29:12 |
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VARIOUS LENDERS WHO ARE NOW HAVE EITHER FOUND SUIT OR CONTEMPLATING LITIGATION AGAINST THE LIBOR BANKS FOR HAVING GOTTEN PAID TOO LITTLE INTEREST,...
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| 02:29:44 |
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WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NET EFFECT WAS OF THE BEHAVIOR ON THOSE PRICES AT THAT POINT AS MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE...
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| 02:30:32 |
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REVISIT, I WAS WATCHING "SQUAWK BOX" THIS MORNING WHEN SANDY WEIL MADE HIS COMMENTS AND THEN SAW THE CRAWLER ABOUT GLASS STEAGALL, AND I WAS, LIKE,...
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| 02:31:07 |
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AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT TIME FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID FORCE THESE...
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| 02:32:19 |
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FALLEN AND IT DOES STRIKE ME, THOUGH, THAT WHETHER IT'S DENMARK, SWITZERLAND, COUNTRIES OUT OF THE EUROZONE OR YOUR OWN MARKET, THE UNITED STATES,...
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| 02:33:40 |
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ALTHOUGH THAT MIGHT BE FOR THE FED, BUT THOSE
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| 02:33:44 |
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ARE COMBINING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND THERE ARE $400 BILLION MORE CAPITAL THAN THERE WAS BEFORE THE CRISIS WHICH IS A NECESSARY AND VERY IMPORTANT...
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| 02:34:48 |
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THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AND I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION NOT WITHSTANDING LIBOR AND FSOC, ALL WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, AND I'M BRINGING IT TO...
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| 02:35:39 |
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U.S. ECONOMY WAS SHRINKING AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 9% IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2008. WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS A PLAUSIBLE CHANCE...
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| 02:36:59 |
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THAT IT HAS
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| 02:37:00 |
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BEEN STABILIZED AND THAT IT IS NOW IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS WHEN THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AT THE TIME THE PRESIDENT TOOK...
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| 02:37:15 |
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IT NOW AND
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| 02:37:16 |
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I CONCUR, THERE IS SOME, BUT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY WAS TO THE EXTENT THAT BANKS WOULD NOT LEND TO EACH OTHER. >> THAT IS TRUE. >> WHICH IS WHY YOU COULD...
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| 02:37:35 |
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THEY WEREN'T ABOUT TO SALVAGE AN AUTO INDUSTRY
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| 02:37:37 |
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WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO SALVAGE THEMSELVES. >> TRUE? >> TRUE. THERE IS NO PRIVATE MARKET SOLUTION TO A FINANCIAL CRISIS LIKE WE FACED. >> AND FOR
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| 02:37:47 |
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THOSE
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| 02:37:48 |
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WHO WANT TO LAY ALL OF THIS AT YOUR FEET, I'VE HEARD A NEW TERM CALLED A BLACK
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| 02:37:55 |
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SWAN EVENT. IS THERE SOME SEMBLANCE OF THIS? >> YES. >> THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SOME MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL...
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| 02:38:12 |
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YOU IN WRITING AND
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| 02:38:13 |
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WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS HEARING WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR MEMBERS TO SUBMIT WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO SECRETARY GEITHNER AND FOR YOU TO PLACE RESPONSES INTO THE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.