Senate confirms UM's Barr to serve as nation's top banking regulator
Michael Barr's confirmation brings the Federal Reserve Board of Governor's to its full complement of seven for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Michael Barr's confirmation brings the Federal Reserve Board of Governor's to its full complement of seven for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the nomination of the University of Michigan's Michael Barr to serve as the nation's top banking regulator.
Barr is dean of the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and was an assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions during the Obama administration.
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