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Donna Borak is the Federal Reserve reporter for American Banker. Based in Washington, her coverage has stretched from covering the White House's plan to reform the government-sponsored enterprises to new global banking regulations, known as Basel III. û

ûPreviously, she was a business reporter covering the defense industry for The Associated Press in Washington, where she was an APME nominee for her work on the Walter Reed Medical Center scandal. She began her career as a European economics writer for United Press International, where ûshe filed special reports from Brussels and Hong Kong. She is conversant in Arabic, and has a M.S. in journalism from Boston University.

Fed's Duke: Uncertainty Hindering Mortgage Credit
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Regulators Finalize Stress Test Procedures for Big Banks
May 14, 2012 Federal banking regulators on Monday provided fresh guidance on how the largest institutions should move ahead with their own...

Just How Much Capital is Enough?
May 10, 2012 At a panel at the Chicago Fed regulatory conference, experts split on the right amount — and makeup — of capital...

Gruenberg Confronts Doubts That FDIC Will End TBTF
May 10, 2012 Acting FDIC Chairman Marty Gruenberg presented a detail-heavy speech Thursday intended to persuade skeptical investors that...

Bernanke Denies Overzealous Exams Crimp Lending
May 10, 2012 Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank has taken steps to ensure its examiners are not artificially constraining...

Lawmakers Battle Over Fed's Role as Unemployment Stays High
May 8, 2012 Frustrated with record-high unemployment levels, some lawmakers are looking to overhaul the central bank’s mandate.

Regionals, Big Banks Raise Fears on Slew of Fed Rules
May 7, 2012 Industry stakeholders argue the central bank's massive proposal to implement a series of new rules, including new capital and...

The Paul Vs. Paul Debate
May 4, 2012 Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went head-to-head with Rep. Ron Paul, the...

Fed's Tarullo: Risk of 'Too Big to Fail' Rises Without Dodd-Frank
May 2, 2012 In a speech, Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo stressed the need for regulators to implement a set of regulatory...

Fed Discloses Details of Private Meeting with Bank CEOs
May 2, 2012 The central bank on Wednesday said it discussed the Volcker Rule and proposed counterparty limits at a private meeting with...