Consumers on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Reports National Research Center conducted a 1,012-person telephone poll in July about the new bureau. The findings:32 percent

of consumers are aware that it exists.

74 percent

of respondents say they support the new bureau.

• Holding financial companies accountable (88 percent), strengthening and enforcing rules financial institutions must follow (86 percent)

• Making consumer loan disclosures easier to understand (85 percent)

• Reform student loan marketplace (13 percent)