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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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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Revolving door from CFTC to lobbying firm
By Nancy Watzman Feb 7, 2012 3:26 p.m.A former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner has gone through the revolving door to the law and lobbying firm firm Patton Boggs, where he'll work as a senior policy advisor, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Despite Fed's steps toward transparency, much remains opaque
By Nancy Watzman Jan 24, 2012 2:25 p.m.In a bid to increase transparency, the Federal Reserve will for the first time make public the forecasts for benchmark interest rates that will inform discussions at tomorrow's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which sets monetary policy for the nation. But despite this action, there is still plenty of opacity in how the Fed conducts business.
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