BASEL STUDY OF BANKING SYSTEM:SUSAN S. BIES

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: May 11, 2005 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
05-11-2005
Statement of Susan S. Bies Member Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System Committee on House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee on Domestic and International
Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology May 11, 2005 Chairman Bachus, Chairman
Pryce, and members of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer
Credit and the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy,
Trade, and Technology: It is a pleasure to join my colleagues from the
other banking agencies to discuss the current ...

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