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In july 2010, congress passed and president obama signed into law the dodd frank wall street. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of. May 26, 2017 on july 21, 2010, president barack obama signed the wall street reform and consumer protection act, commonly known as the dodd frank act. The doddfrank act established a procedure for restructuring or liquidating failing financial firms that would pose a danger to the u. Companies that are required to file an annual report with sec, and that engage in commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals. The recent financial crisis is considered to be the worst since the great depression, and data from the board of governors of the federal reserve. Securities and exchange commission 17 cfr parts 240 and. It was a direct response to the financial crisis of 2008 and the resulting government bailouts administered by the federal reserve under the troubled asset relief program. Pdf the doddfrank act constitutes the most significant reform of financial regulation in the united states since the 1930s.
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