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FDIC Director Calls for Changes to Capital Rules

September 28, 2012
Thomas Hoenig, a director at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., last week called for changes to impending Basel III capital standards. Industry analysts have warned that the rules will discourage origination of nontraditional mortgages. “In private discussions I find a good deal of uneasiness about Basel III’s ability to be more effective than previous Basel efforts; however, there is a sense that we cannot go back,” Hoenig said in a speech. “I suggest that we not only can go back, we must.” ...
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