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It created the FSOC to consider risks to the overall financial system and<br />

better coordinate regulatory action. And it took steps to limit the problem<br />

of financial institutions that are too-big-to-fail by imposing additional regulatory<br />

requirements on such institutions and creating an architecture that<br />

would allow these systemically significant institutions to be unwound if they<br />

were to fail. Finally, Dodd-Frank improved the transparency, accountability,<br />

and consumer protections in our financial system. These measures will help<br />

consumers and investors engage with the financial system in a way that is<br />

beneficial to them.<br />

Although implementation of Basel III and Dodd-Frank go a long<br />

way toward reforming the financial system, there are important issues that<br />

remain unresolved. These include reform of government sponsored enterprises<br />

Fannie (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie (Federal<br />

Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) in a manner that ensures they do not<br />

return to a status as private entities that operate for profit but with implicit<br />

public guarantees, and ensuring that a sufficient resolution framework exists<br />

for systemically important insurance companies and systemically important<br />

financial companies with worldwide operations. And as the financial system<br />

evolves over time, the regulatory architecture will need to evolve as well to<br />

ensure that a financial crisis like the one from 2007 to 2009 does not wreak<br />

havoc on the economy in the future.<br />

Strengthening the Financial System | 421

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