To be fair, the GAO is not the only part of official Washington seemingly beguiled by large banks. While the Fed now recognizes that living wills are inadequate, it has taken an extraordinarily long time to reach this rather obvious conclusion – and the Fed’s Board of Governors is still dragging its feet on forcing the banks to simplify their operations.
平心而论，审计办公室决非唯一一个被大银行诱骗的华盛顿机构。尽管美联储现在认为生前遗嘱不够充分，但在此之前它花了极其漫长的时间才形成了这一相当明显的结论&mdash;&mdash;而美联储董事会在强迫银行简化经营方面仍然停滞不前。