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Lawrence B. Lindsey, The Lindsey Group

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Volume 4, Issue 1 | February 13, 2009

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has proved to be a unique experiment in banking regulation. As the Federal Reserve Governor with responsibility for consumer regulation and community affairs oversight during much of the 1990s, I look back fondly on my experience, along with my good friend and then-Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, in working to design the current regulatory scheme of the act.