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Le Bureau de protection des consommateurs de produits financiers

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  • Amy Friend
  • Joshua Kaplan

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[fre] La crise financière de 2008 a eu de nombreuses causes, mais les produits financiers destinés aux consommateurs américains ont été au coeur de cette crise. Dans cet article, nous présentons le cadre légal qui existait avant la crise, en mettant l’accent sur l’approche décentralisée des régulations financières alors en vigueur et sur l’absence d’une surveillance attentive de ces produits. Dans une deuxième partie, nous discutons des produits qui ont émergé au cours de cette période de laxisme, y compris les prêts hypothécaires à risque, et qui ont menacé le système financier mondial. Nous décrivons ensuite la réponse législative générale à la crise, et notamment un élément clé, l’établissement d’une nouvelle agence fédérale : le Bureau de protection des consommateurs de produits financiers (CFPB). Nous concluons avec une description des priorités à court terme du CFPB, y compris la surveillance des fournisseurs non bancaires de produits financiers, la simplification des informations financières et le renforcement des normes pour les fournisseurs de prêts hypothécaires – et nous soulignons que le succès du CFPB dépendra, dans une certaine mesure, de la gestion de la controverse politique qui entoure sa création et la nomination de son nouveau directeur. . Classification JEL : G01, G21, G28. [eng] The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.. The financial crisis that took hold in 2008 had many causes, but consumer financial products originated in the United States were at its heart. This article discusses the U. S. regulatory framework that existed before the crisis, with a particular emphasis on the decentralized approach to regulating consumer financial products and the attendant lack of supervisory attention to these products. We then discuss the products that emerged during this period of lax oversight, including the subprime mortgages that eventually threatened the global financial system. In the third section we discuss the broad legislative response to the crisis, a key component of which was a new federal agency : the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We conclude with the agency’s near-term priorities, including better supervision of nonbank providers of consumer financial products, simpler financial disclosures, and stronger standards for originating and servicing mortgages – and note that the agency’s success depends to some extent on managing the political controversy that surrounds its very creation and its new director. . Classification JEL : G01, G21, G28.

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  • Amy Friend & Joshua Kaplan, 2012. "Le Bureau de protection des consommateurs de produits financiers," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 105(1), pages 293-308.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2012_num_105_1_5977
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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