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Things worth reading: 23rd May 2012

May 23, 2012 by The Financial Services Club   Comments (0)

Things we're reading today include: Facebook float hits more problemsBBC Zuckerberg loses friends on Wall Street as regulators probe $19bn slumpThe Independent Morgan Stanley subpoenaed over Facebook IPOFinancial Times   JP Morgan loss 'flags up' transatlantic trade risksThe Telegraph Troubleshooter in running to succeed DimonFinancial Times   Zynga and American Express Launch Zynga Serve Rewards ProgramPayments News Ex-Goldman Sachs chief Rajat Gupta accused of...

Without Better Data, Middle East Policymakers Risk Getting Lost

May 22, 2012 by iMFdirect   Comments (0)

By Nemat Shafik (Version in عربي) Recently I went orienteering with my children as part of a school trip.  Orienteering is a sport whereby you have to find your way to various checkpoints through unknown terrain with only a compass and a topographical map. Wandering through the woods with six 9-year-olds was a good lesson in the value of good directions and data to find your way when you are in unchartered territory. Likewise, making policy decisions without adequate and timely data would also...

Regulators Want More Money

May 22, 2012 by Falkenblog   Comments (0)

From the HuffPost: Two of the most important financial regulators in the country have a message for Congress: We need more money.And my 4-year old daughter wants a pony. Given we created a brand new financial regulator, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and they plan to spend $448 million next year, why don't we wait until one of these regulators actually creates some kind of thoughtful, new, regulation. What do they think they can do with more money? What rule-breaking is...