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MNUCHIN TELLS WALL STREET: 'You should all thank me for your bank stocks doing better'

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told an audience of Wall Street managers that they could thank him for financial deregulation.

LOS ANGELES – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told an audience of Wall Street managers that they could thank him for financial deregulation.

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t the Milken Institute Global Conference held at the Beverly Hilton, drawing laughs.

Bank stocks took off in the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump as president. In February, the president ordered a review of Dodd-Frank, the 2010 financial regulatory law, and directed the secretary of labor to review the fiduciary rule, a regulation that had been set to go into effect in April.

The president has derided Dodd-Frank as "a disaster" and promised to "do a big number" on the law.

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Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker, said that the Trump administration would focus on clarifying regulation for big banks. He said bankers saw current regulation as a "black box."

Mnuchin added that deregulation would come after the administration implements its proposed tax plan.

The annual Milken conference attracts execs from across industries, including many Wall Streeters.

Here's what else Mnuchin said during his interview:

  • On keeping the mortgage and charitable tax deductions
  • Tax plan
  • On the Trump administration's failure to repeal Obamacare
  • On tax cuts as a version of a jobs bill:

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