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The Chevron Deference and Banking Regulation
The United States Supreme Court is considering overturning Chevron USA vs. Natural Resource Defense Council, a long-standing precedent that generally defers to an administrative agency’s interpretation of the law. What impact would overturning the Chevron Deference have on banking regulation and supervision? The Chevron Deference The 1984 Chevron case centered on the EPA’s definition of…
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REGULATORY CAPTURE
Few things examiners find more dispiriting than to have banks go over their heads to senior agency management. Not only does it undercut the examiner’s authority, but it places the agency itself at a distinct disadvantage. An agency leader is likely to know a lot fewer details of the issue at hand than the examiners…
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Supervisory Guidance & Selective Amnesia
Most attribute recent bank failures, at least in part, to a lack of quick and effective actions by bank supervisors. How much of the blame lies with Congress, senior regulators, or the banking industry lobby is more open to dispute. Attempts to absolve the latter groups rely on some selective amnesia. Actions that bank regulators…