Until now it has been a very different story – essentially a victory for the big bankers since spring 2009, when some of the healthier ones were allowed to start paying back any funds they had drawn from the US treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. That, in turn, allowed them to escape even the very weak special conditions that had been laid down by the government relating to bonuses and remuneration.
最终，经过一番深思熟虑，奥巴马当局好像对美国银行权贵们下手了。在经过近期在马萨诸塞州选举中的失败之后，由前美联储主席保罗 · 沃尔克起草的一份减少银行权限的报告，开始被重新重视起来。