A global trend is reshaping financial sector oversight: regulators who would emphasize safety and stability risk growing political backlash, institutional restructuring, agency defunding or even shuttering. The regulatory mandate is being reoriented — not by formal reform alone, but through pressure to adopt shifting political priorities.
Observations
Jul 10, 2025In an American Banker article published late last month, journalist Ebrima Santos Sanneh considers whether regulatory independence in the US is on the decline, and what that means for regulators going forward.
