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‘We do not support breaking up banks’ | Reuters

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By Pete Schroeder
| WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers Thursday that the Trump administration does not actually support separating investment and commercial banks.

The administration has previously expressed support for some return of the Glass-Steagall Act, which established a firewall between investment and commercial banking. But Mnuchin was explicit before the Senate Banking Committee that that vision did not include breaking up large banks that engage in both.

“We do not support a separation of banks from investment banks. We think that would be a very significant problem for financial markets and the economy,” he said.

The administration’s exact position on Glass-Steagall’s potential return has been unclear. A call to reinstate the 1933 law was included as part of the official Republican Party platform during the 2016 presidential campaign. And the administration has repeatedly said it supports its return when asked since winning the White House.

Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs executive who now leads the president’s National Economic Council, also expressed openness to the idea in a private April meeting with senators. And Mnuchin himself said he support a modernized version of that law during his confirmation hearing before senators in January.

But Mnuchin insisted Thursday that his call for a modernized version of that law does not include a strict firewall that would break up some of the biggest names on Wall Street.

“There are aspects of it that we think may make sense. We never said before we support a full separation of banks and investment banking,” he said. “I’ve never said we’re in favor of breaking up the banks.

Mnuchin did not detail exactly what portions of the law he thought should return, and the party’s official platform simply called for a full reinstatement of the former law.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who is a frequent big bank critic, expressed confusion and disbelief over Mnuchin’s stance.

“There are aspects of Glass-Steagall you support, but not breaking up the banks,” she said. “What do you think Glass-Steagall was, if that’s not right at the heart of it?”

(Reporting by Pete Schroeder)

Reuters


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