For decades, William Isaac’s insights on the U.S. financial system have been featured in leading news publications. Now, you can browse them all in one location.
in leading business publications
By Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg
Fifth Third Bancorp named William Isaac as chairman, putting the former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. leader in charge of the board after Ohio’s largest bank posted its third straight quarterly loss.
By Allison Bisbey Colter for the American Banker
William Isaac, who led the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from 1981 to 1985, thinks the panic that gripped financial markets in 2008 and the ensuing recession did not have to happen and that the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was sold to Congress and the public as essential to calm the markets, actually did more harm than good.
Interview of William Isaac for the Central Banking Journal
The former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation tells Robert Pringle that procyclical accounting and capital rules lie at the heart of the crisis.
An interview of William Isaac by Susie Gharib for PBS
SUSIE GHARIB:In Washington, another plan is in the works to restore confidence in the nation’s financial system. The White House says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is quote, “actively considering” making direct cash injections into American banks.