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  • Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan indulged in some familiar bank-bashing in an op-ed on the weekend, but he also says a moratorium would be a mistake.

    The Housing Bust Lobby 2010

  • Now Mr. Osborne has the spending review out of the way, it's time for the bank-bashing to stop.

    After Bank Levy, Osborne's Banker Bashing Must Stop Simon Nixon 2010

  • Given the precariousness of the government's fiscal position, the dire consequences of any major slippage in the future growth outlook and the short-term disruption to the supply of credit that might result from any radical restructuring of the banking sector, it is hard to see how the ICB can possibly satisfy the wilder fantasies of the bank-bashing community while staying true to its terms of reference.

    Why So Nervous About the ICB's Report? Simon Nixon 2011

  • A bank-bashing response would certainly have been a crowd-pleaser, but her answer was more measured, and actually more radical.

    In a globalised world we need globalised regulation 2011

  • Mr. Hoenig's nomination also illustrates how lawmakers are moving beyond bank-bashing rhetoric and taking concrete policy actions that could affect the financial industry for years to come.

    Banks' Critic Poised to Be Head of FDIC Victoria McGrane 2011

  • Kudlow went on to criticize the White House for "bank-bashing."

    Kudlow, Flirting, Again 2010

  • Then came the mortgage foreclosure crisis, with a fresh round of bank-bashing over defective documentation.

    The Vault Line: It's Time to Consider Bank Stocks Again James B. Stewart 2010

  • Chaps, I enjoy bank-bashing as much as the next man, but FRB is in and of itself an entirely sensible arrangement, or else banks wouldn't be able to pay you deposit interest - the only way you would earn 'interest' is by buying shares in banks, which all sounds a bit Islamic to me.

    My Libertarian Values #2 - The Economy IanPJ 2009

  • Their proximity to Christopher Wren's 300-year-old icon has embroiled the church in a conflict between bank-bashing protesters and the city's powerful finance industry.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • I am not a Barclays employee, nor have I ever banked with them but I do get bored of some of this clueless bank-bashing.

    The Guardian World News Jill Treanor 2011

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