Fed proposes changes to rule limiting risky trading on Wall Street
by Associated Press from on (#3RABK)
The Fed proposed to ease the Volcker Rule, which bars banks from high-risk activity for their own profit with depositors' money
The Federal Reserve is proposing to ease a rule aimed at defusing the kind of risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial meltdown.
The Fed under new leadership on Wednesday unveiled proposed changes to the Volcker Rule, which bars banks' risky trading bets for their own profit with depositors' money. The high-risk activity is known as proprietary trading.
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