Eisenbeis Interview on Banking Regulation

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Eisenbeis, chief monetary economist at Cumberland Advisors Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about efforts by regulators and lawmakers to prevent another financial crisis. As many as 50 financial firms with assets greater than $50 billion each would be hit by a levy President Barack Obama will announce today to help recoup taxpayer-bailout money and trim the federal budget deficit, an administration official said. (Source: Bloomberg)