FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and the U.S. banking industry

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-09-02/fdic-chair-sheila-bair-and-us-banking-industry

Guest Host:

Susan Page
FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and the U.S. banking industry

F-D-I-C Chair Sheila Bair says now is the time to address the root causes of the economic meltdown: what she thinks is needed to restore confidence in the U-S financial sector and analysis of different strategies being considered to...

F-D-I-C Chair Sheila Bair says now is the time to address the root causes of the economic meltdown: what she thinks is needed to restore confidence in the U-S financial sector and analysis of different strategies being considered to improve the health of U.S. banks and encourage new lending.

Guests

Sheila Bair

Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Eugene Ludwig

founder and CEO, Promontory Financial Group
former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Vice Chair of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank.

Michael Greenberger

professor, University of Maryland Law School; director, Center for Health and Homeland Security; and former senior regulator, Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Steve Verdier

SVP, Independent Community Bankers of America

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