Buried Treasure What we don't know about money in America
The federal government maintains vast treasure troves of important financial data, but discloses little. It holds the power to compel corporate America to report much more, but rarely does.
This page serves as a hub for our reporting on this financial data. Who has it? Why it is important? What is publicly available? How can you get it?
On this site you will find stories, links to databases and other resources. Have an idea for a story? Let us know.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met with Treasury Secretary on Volcker in March
By Nancy Watzman May 16, 2012 2:34 p.m.Newly published meeting logs from the Treasury Department show that Jamie Dimon, CEO of embattled JPMorgan & Chase, had a private audience with Secretary Timothy Geithner to discuss the Volcker rule and other issues on March 6.
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Trying to track JPMorgan? Treasury Dodd-Frank meeting logs not up to date
By Nancy Watzman May 16, 2012 1:51 p.m.Updated 4:22 p.m. The Treasury Department has now fixed the link to March meetings with outside groups concerning implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. A spokesman also just called to thank us for alerting the agency to the missed deadline.
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FINRA: Open data not on the table
By Nancy Watzman Mar 8, 2012 5:45 p.m.A quasi-governmental agency that polices the investment industry has come up with a plan to make it simpler for consumers to avoid shady money managers -- but it includes no provisions to make the underlying data available to the public.
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Big banks press financial agencies on Volcker rule
By Nancy Watzman Feb 14, 2012 12:42 p.m.Big banks paid calls on federal financial agencies in the days leading up to Monday's midnight deadline for the public to submit comments on the controversial Volcker rule, a provision of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory legislation meant to prohibit banks from using customers' money to make risky bets on the market.
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