In the Margins

Trump poised to act on Dodd-Frank

February 3, 2017

By The Wall Street Journal

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive action today that will begin the scaling back of the Dodd-Frank Act. "Americans are going to have better choices and Americans are going to have better products because we’re not going to burden the banks with literally hundreds of billions of dollars of regulatory costs every year,” White House National Economic Council Director said. “The banks are going to be able to price product more efficiently and more effectively to consumers.” Read the original story from The Wall Street Journal.

 

 

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