by Calculated Risk on 1/24/2009 10:07:00 PM

From the NY Times: Obama Plans Fast Action to Tighten Financial Rules

Officials say they will make wide-ranging changes, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers, and greater oversight of the complex financial instruments that contributed to the economic crisis.
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Officials said they want rules to eliminate conflicts of interest at credit rating agencies ...

Aides said they would propose new federal standards for mortgage brokers ... They are considering proposals to have the S.E.C. become more involved in supervising the underwriting standards of securities that are backed by mortgages.
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The administration is also preparing to require that derivatives like credit default swaps ... be traded through a central clearinghouse and possibly on one or more exchanges.

It sounds like the Obama administration will propose the stimulus plan, the new bank bailout, and significant regulatory changes for financial system all in short order.