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Dodd-Frank Act of 2010

The enacted public law addressing financial stability, supervision, resolution, derivatives, consumer protection, and other post crisis reforms.

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Publisher
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Standing
Primary authority
Version
Public Law 111-203
Relevant parts
Public Law 111-203; table of contents and selected institutional titles
Currency
current · checked Aug 7, 2026

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Dodd-Frank is best read as a bundle of institutional responses to the 2007–09 crisis, not one accounting rule. The historical entry focuses on how systemic risk, supervision, market infrastructure, and consumer protection became linked in the reform agenda.