WSJ: Treasury Report to Call for Curbs on CFPB, CRA

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[The report] is harshly critical of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and recommends that the bureau be stripped of its authority to examine financial institutions, people familiar with the matter said. By law, the bureau has the authority to enforce consumer laws as well as to examine individual firms on a continuing basis.

One person familiar with the report’s contents said it is likely to recommend that the CFPB continue to be led by a single director, but that the president be able to remove the director at will. * * *

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The report is expected to set in motion a re-evaluation of the Community Reinvestment Act, a law intended to make sure banks meet local credit needs, people familiar with the matter said.

The report is in response to a Trump executive order.  Some of its proposals would require congressional action to be adopted.

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