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Geithner urges end to ‘dumb regulation’

By Sarah O’Connor in Washington

Published: July 24 2009 17:00 | Last updated: July 25 2009 00:31

Divisions between the administration of Barack Obama, the Federal Reserve and key regulators came to a head on Friday as officials debated plans to overhaul the US regulatory system.

Tim Geithner, Treasury secretary, said there was “a lot of dumb regulation in our country” and urged lawmakers to enact quickly the administration’s plan to reform the system, in spite of resistance from the financial industry and other regulators.

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