0 minute readBanking expert Christopher Whalen with Institutional Risk Analytics and a HousingWire columnist sat down with outgoing FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair in the days before her term expired on July 8. Here, we present a condensed version of a conversation that first appeared in the Institutional Risk Analyst online newsletter.
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