Structure and Functions of the Federal Reserve System
Date: November 10, 2010
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: This report examines the structure and operations of the major components of the Federal Reserve System and provides an overview of congressional oversight activities. The report identifies the provisions of P.L. 111-203 (the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) that affect the structure and operations of the system.
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Multiple-Group Federal Credit Unions: An Update
Date: May 6, 1998
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: None
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Bank Failures: Recent Trends and Policy Options
Date: July 14, 1987
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: During the 1980s the U.S. banking industry has experienced a rapidly growing number of failures. Many factors have contributed to this trend including deregulation, technology, individual bank management, and economic conditions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) handles insured bank failures. Congress has been monitoring the recent trend and is concerned with the FDIC’s ability to continue to perform its supervisory and insurance operations. The present situation, information on key factors affecting the banking industry, and the FDIC’s role when a bank fails is discussed in this report. The reference section of this issue brief contains a list of CRS products providing background on the FDIC and legislative issues relevant to the agency.
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Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005 (CURIA)
Date: July 29, 2005
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: On May 12, 2005, regulatory modernization legislation for credit unions was introduced as H.R. 2317. The three titles of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (CURIA) would provide regulatory changes requested by credit union industry advocates. These changes would provide supervisory flexibility to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the federal regulator for the credit union industry, enhance the ability of credit unions to provide loans to their members, and ease credit union regulatory burdens.
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Structure and Functions of the Federal Reserve System
Date: June 15, 2005
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: None
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Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives
Date: May 23, 2005
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Description: None
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The Budget of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY1999
Date: August 3, 1998
Creator: Vanhorenbeck, Susan M
Description: This report provides an overview of FY1999 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Initially, the report is limited to the Administration’s budget request for HUD. The report is updated periodically as legislative action occurs on FY1999 appropriations for HUD and as action occurs on authorizing legislation to implement the budget proposals.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs677/
Electronic Payments and the U.S. Payments System
Date: June 27, 2002
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W
Description: This report provides a framework for understanding the paper-based and electronic components of the current U.S. payments system. It begins with a basic overview of the payments system, explaining the relative size and growth of various methods of payment. The report discusses paper-based payments and then examines the operations of wholesale and retail electronic payments. Finally, the report discusses some of the major policy issues concerning the regulation and supervision of electronic payments.
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An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
Date: February 27, 2006
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8669/
An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8670/