Sheila Bair: ‘I feel for the regulators. You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t’

The US banking expert discusses distorted interest rates and the dangers of the ‘shadow’ banking sector.

15 December, 2022 by Brooke Masters

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Central banks across the world, most notably in the US, are struggling to tame inflation with higher interest rates. But the more rates climb, the more stress they put

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