In a Wall Street Journal op-ed today, President Obama announced a review of federal regulations aimed at eliminating regulations that hinder business and job creation.

At the same time, the Commodities Futures Trading Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission have missed or postponed deadlines for writing regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act that reformed the financial industry.  And the Financial Stability Oversight Council is about the consider the "Volcker Rule", which would control risky trading by banks.