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Economic advisers to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama talked about the future of the U.S. economy, health care, education, and entitlement policies. They responded to questions fro…

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Sheila Bair testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission about the actions of the Federal Reserve during the 2008 financial crisis and…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission about the actions of the Federal Reserve during the 2008 financial crisis and the future of fin…

Witnesses testified about actions taken by the banking industry and the federal government in the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics they addressed were monitoring systemic risk, and th…

Witnesses talked about the banking industry and the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics they addresed were risk management, government decisions on which financial firms were considered …

Current and former regulators testified on the causes and consequences and role of derivatives in the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics they addressed were the causes of the crisis, un…

Academics testified about derivative trading and the 2008 financial crisis. They provided background information and an overview of derivative trading markets, credit default swaps, and coll…

Current and former Goldman Sachs and AIG executives testified on the causes and consequences and role of derivatives in the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics they addressed were manage…

Goldman Sachs executives testified about derivative trading and the 2008 financial crisis. Commission members focused on reasons for a subpoena to get the Goldman executives to testify and p…

American International Group (AIG) executives testified about derivative trading and the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics addressed were management decisions and corporate culture at …

Former officials from Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) and its successor agency in 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), talked about their oversight of Fannie Mae. Ar…

In the third of three days of hearings held by the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), former Fannie Mae executives Robert Levin and Daniel Mudd testified in the role of t…

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission held the second of two days of hearings on the “shadow banking system.” Secretary Geithner called on the Senate to continue work on financial regulato…

Former federal financial regulators testified about the 2008 collapse of Bear Stearns, financial markets, and the “shadow banking system.” Among the topics they addressed were the types of …

Former Bear Stearns executives testified about the 2008 collapse of Bear Stearns, financial markets, and the “shadow banking system.” They contended that media reports and rumors in financi…

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was the lead witness at the first of three days of hearings by the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC). Mr. Greenspan talked …

State and local officials testified about the 2008 financial collapse. Among the topics they addressed were mortgage origination lawsuits, mortgage fraud prosecutions, and the relationship b…

Obama administration officials testified about the 2008 financial crisis and the federal response to the crisis. Among the issues they addressed were lapses in financial market regulation, o…

Financial market executives testified about the 2008 financial crisis. They focused on the causes of the crisis, decision making by bank executives and regulators, and levels of transparency…

The heads of the surviving, large Wall Street investment banks testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - a group chartered by Congress to look into the causes of the 2008 fi…