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Sheila Bair
@sheilabair.bsky.social
Former FDIC chair and other great jobs. I opine on financial issues, with an occasional dog post. Also a NYT best selling author. Don’t miss my next book, How Not to Lose a Million Dollars.
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Please welcome the great @sheilabair.bsky.social - who played such a key role in saying the world in the financial crisis as former chair of FDIC - to Bluesky. Here she writes why US banks need to cut credit card rates www.ft.com/content/0d01...
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
My first post for BlueSky @tonytassell.bsky.social. Sharing my latest for FT. Credit card rate spreads over FFR are double than before the crisis. Another example of how monetary policy does not trickle down and evidence that banks have a lot of room to cut.

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US banks need to cut their credit card rates
There are better alternatives to the Trump-Warren plan to cap interest costs for one year
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January 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM