Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision

[摘要] This report provides an overview of current U.S. financial regulation: which agencies are responsible for which institutions, activities, and markets, and what kinds of authority they have. Some agencies regulate particular types of institutions for risky behavior or conflicts of interest, some agencies promulgate rules for certain financial transactions no matter what kind of institution engages in it, and other agencies enforce existing rules for some institutions, but not for others. These regulatory activities are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

[发布日期] 2010-12-08 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Finance;Government regulation;Federal reserve system;Financial institutions