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Stop Bashing Wall Street. Times Have Changed.
Financial firms are doing more to help U.S. consumers and businesses than they have in decades.
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There's a perverse competition among some U.S. presidential candidates: Who can most loudly blame Wall Street for the problems of Main Street. They've got it wrong. Financial firms are doing more to help consumers, business and industry in America than they have in decades. And for the first time since the early years of the 21st century, global investors consider U.S. banks among the world's best.
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