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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 06 > Autonomy of financial watchdog to protect consumers is in dispute

Autonomy of financial watchdog to protect consumers is in dispute

By Andrew Martin and Sewell Chan / The Bulletin
March 6, 2010

As Congress and the White House battle over the outlines of an agency to protect consumers from deceptive financial practices, their biggest hurdle is figuring out how independent it should be.

Republicans have floated proposals to create a consumer protection unit at the Federal Reserve or the....

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