Could Volcker Rule Effectively Reinstate Glass–Steagall Act?

New York Times:

The Volcker Rule, and its limitations on bank trading, may have the unintended effect of dividing the world back into investment banks and commercial banks. The unusual twist here is that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley may end up stuck on the wrong side of the fence, treated under the law as commercial banks instead of the investment banks they once were.

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Comments

[echurley]

10:22 AM on 02/22/2012

Sounds good to me.