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The FASB Is Prepared for the Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“[It] will not be very warm.”

~ FASB Chairman Bob Herz, on the financial services industry’s reaction to the Board’s new proposals for valuing loans and loan-like instruments at their market value.

Posted in Quote of the DayTagged Banks, Bob Herz, Fair Value, FASB, Quote of the Day

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