TITLE

Crisis? What Crisis? Average Bank Pay Kept Rising at the Same Rate

AUTHOR(S)
Wang, Marian
PUB. DATE
March 2011
SOURCE
Pro Publica;3/27/2011, p14
SOURCE TYPE
Blog Entry
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
A blog is presented, which discusses how the compensation of bank employees has been unaffected by the bailouts and the financial crisis in the U.S.
ACCESSION #
66338816

Tags: BANKING industry;  BAILOUTS (Finance);  FINANCIAL crises

 

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