1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgadminhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l3LgYCGHCT"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/toothless-regulator-looks-to-take-a-bite-out-of-derivatives/">Toothless regulator looks to take a bite out of derivatives</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/toothless-regulator-looks-to-take-a-bite-out-of-derivatives/embed/#?secret=l3LgYCGHCT" width="600" height="338" title="“Toothless regulator looks to take a bite out of derivatives” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="l3LgYCGHCT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> When President Obama unveiled his regulatory overhaul plan last week, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, dodged a bullet. Lacking power, the agency has only gently regulated the derivatives markets, which have been blamed for wreaking havoc on the global economy. Rather than abolish the agency, however, Obama proposed strengthening it. A week later, […]https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CPI_Knockout_Version2.jpg?fit=1500%2C700&ssl=11500700