This wide-ranging legislation was signed by President Obama in 2010
The Fed introduced various credit programs to deal with the 2007-09 financial crisis.
The deep, protracted downturn in 2007-09 was followed by an unusually slow recovery
The 2007-10 crisis stemmed in part from an expansion of mortgages to high-risk borrowers
The failures of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and the bailout of AIG occurred in 2008
The 1999 Act promoted financial integration by repealing parts of the Glass-Steagall Act while giving the Fed new supervisory powers
A group of banks and brokerage firms prevented the collapse of this hedge fund in 1998
The 1994 law removed many of the restrictions on bank branching across state lines
The 1991 Act was intended to address problems in the banking and thrift industries