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Sheila Bair

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Sheila Bair is the former Chair of the FDIC and has held senior appointments in both Republican and Democrat Administrations. She currently serves as a board member or advisor to a several companies and is a founding board member of the Volcker Alliance, a nonprofit established to rebuild trust in government.

Opinion: Why the Fed, and Jerome Powell, should hit the pause button on rate hikes

Opinion: Why the Fed is moving too quickly on the interest rate front - and why it should press the pause button now.

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Student loan relief plan is well-intentioned but full of problems

Joe Biden's plan has a complete lack of meaningful reforms to address the complexity and moral hazard that have long plagued the federal student loan system.

2 years ago
Op-ed: A simple new tool to combat the student debt crisis

By providing four easy inputs — college, major, year of enrollment and post-graduation location — users can get a personalized assessment of the maximum amount they can comfortably borrow based on their projected income and living expenses.

2 years ago
Yellen’s humility on inflation is refreshing: Former FDIC chair

Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair writes that was refreshing that in a recent CNN interview, Janet Yellen, the first female U.S. Treasury Secretary, said that she had been wrong in her early predictions that inflation would be transitory.

2 years ago
Former U.S. official on student loans: Borrowers need clarity before payment pause ends

Student debtors need to know whether and when their loan obligations will resume. With every delay, it becomes harder for them to prepare.

2 years ago
Why Lael Brainard is best qualified to lead the Fed

Suspense mounts over who will be the next Federal Reserve Chair. Washington’s smart money is betting on Jay Powell’s reappointment, but Lael Brainard is running a strong second.

2 years ago
'Buy now, pay later' fad could have redeeming qualities — with proper use and regulation

"Buy now, pay later" has enabled millions of Gen Zs and millennials to take on the dumbest kind of debt. But with stronger regulation it could actually morph into something beneficial.

2 years ago

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Why the Fed chair needs to care about financial regulation

The Fed does not like to admit that its aggressive monetary interventions create system instability — but they do. People can disagree on whether the benefits outweigh risks, but there can be no debate that the risks are there.

3 years ago
A Fed-issued digital dollar could print money — for the people

More and more informed observers are asking why, after 13+ years of the Federal Reserve’s increasingly aggressive monetary interventions, the benefits remain so skewed toward Wall Street over Main Street. A digital dollar could level the playing field.

3 years ago
Rising financial risks should make the Fed wary of loosening rules

In the annals of financial crises, perhaps there is no better predictor of impending doom than when financial regulators start loosening regulations.

3 years ago
Biden-led regulators need to crack down on nonbank risks — or let them fail

There are many important issues requiring President Joe Biden’s attention. Twelve years after the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), financial instability remains one of them.

3 years ago
Why Treasury Secretary is Biden’s most crucial Cabinet pick

As our economy continues to struggle under the burden of Covid-19, the Treasury Secretary will be President Biden’s most important Cabinet selection, writes former FDIC chair Sheila Bair.

3 years ago
Why federal student loans need new protections on debt collection

Limit collections on federal student loan debt – or cancel it. Former FDIC Chair Shelia Bair makes the case.

4 years ago
Sheila Bair: The danger of allowing banks to artificially boost capital ratios

Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair says regulators are allowing banks to artificially boost their capital ratios, arguing that the Fed should suspend dividends instead.

4 years ago

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Low interest rates widen the gap between Main Street and Wall Street

Corporations win with low rates. What should the Fed do? Sheila Bair explores.

4 years ago

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Save cash and reward shareholders: The case for stock dividends

Cash dividends and stock buybacks aren't the only ways companies can return wealth to shareholders.

4 years ago
The mystery behind the Fed’s refusal to suspend bank dividends

The $2.2 trillion stimulus bill recently passed by Congress sensibly restricts large companies getting help under that bill from distributing capital to shareholders or paying outsized executive compensation.

4 years ago

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Bail out workers, not shareholders

Given the enormous challenges confronting many corporate sectors, it’s appropriate that shareholders, including executives, start giving back.

4 years ago
Coronavirus should not be an excuse to substantially loosen big bank rules

A note issued by Bank of America on Tuesday calls for a weakening of financial regulations across the board.

4 years ago
The Fed needs to bail out the real economy — not big banks

What we learned from the last crisis is that bank bailouts help banks, not the rest of us. If the Fed has to step in — and it will — it should provide help directly to the real economy.

4 years ago

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Opinion: Why the Fed, and Jerome Powell, should hit the pause button on rate hikes

Student loan relief plan is well-intentioned but full of problems

Op-ed: A simple new tool to combat the student debt crisis

Yellen’s humility on inflation is refreshing: Former FDIC chair

Former U.S. official on student loans: Borrowers need clarity before payment pause ends

Why Lael Brainard is best qualified to lead the Fed

'Buy now, pay later' fad could have redeeming qualities — with proper use and regulation

Why the Fed chair needs to care about financial regulation

A Fed-issued digital dollar could print money — for the people

Rising financial risks should make the Fed wary of loosening rules

Biden-led regulators need to crack down on nonbank risks — or let them fail

Why Treasury Secretary is Biden’s most crucial Cabinet pick

Why federal student loans need new protections on debt collection

Sheila Bair: The danger of allowing banks to artificially boost capital ratios

Low interest rates widen the gap between Main Street and Wall Street

Save cash and reward shareholders: The case for stock dividends

The mystery behind the Fed’s refusal to suspend bank dividends

Bail out workers, not shareholders

Coronavirus should not be an excuse to substantially loosen big bank rules

The Fed needs to bail out the real economy — not big banks