Kyle Campbell covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Previously, he wrote about institutional investment in real estate for PERE. He has also held staff positions at Real Estate Weekly, the New York Daily News and the Southampton Press.
The Federal Reserve's capital requirements came up repeatedly during this week's bank CEO hearings, with leading Republicans taking banks' position that capital requirements are excessive.
The Fed chair said actively selling securities will become necessary as it looks to reduce its balance sheet, but not anytime soon.
The former head of the agency said a decision last year to suspend caps on investor loans has further induced demand in an already hot market. Other experts say a supply-demand imbalance is the true driving force.
The Biden administration is officially neutral on the idea of a digital dollar, but a Treasury report released last week lauds potential "significant benefits" of a central bank digital currency.
A piece of legislation cleared the House this week that would allow for so-called "desktop appraisals" on properties financed by government-backed veteran loans.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating allegations that the real estate appraisal standards written by the Washington nonprofit perpetuate discrimination.
The newly installed Fed vice chair for supervision outlined his vision for his role in his debut policy speech last week. Advocacy groups are happy, but have some unanswered questions.
The regulators issued a joint statement Friday morning reaffirming their commitment to the international regulatory framework, but it remains to be seen if they will do so by the Basel Committee's January deadline.
Frustrations with gatekeeping, a lack of diversity and the way home appraisal is overseen are spurring many practitioners to call for an overhaul of the industry's governance structure.
The former Fed vice chair for supervision said the recent ruling in West Virginia v. the EPA will not 'gut' the administrative state, but it could be a needed restraint.
Technology designed to direct more consumers online can create difficulties for groups that rely on branches and other in-person services, according to Janis Bowdler, a racial equity counselor with the Treasury Department.
The Federal Reserve will roll out its much-anticipated instant payments system, known as FedNow, in the middle of next year. Yet many questions remain about who it will serve, how it will work and how quickly community banks will buy in to it.
The move comes amid dwindling advances and a growing concern that the Home Loan banks are participating in riskier investments.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole reaffirmed that the end of accommodative monetary policy is coming to an end. This is a boon to banks, but only those that have managed their balance sheets just right.
The Wyoming crypto bank is attempting to force the Federal Reserve's hand on master account policy. The Fed would rather go at its own pace.
On a combined basis, the GSEs performed better under this year's scenario than they did in 2021, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency said changes were still needed.
The new vice chair for supervision selected a career Federal Reserve staffer to oversee the implementation of his supervisory and regulatory policies. Progressives had been urging him to pick an outsider for the position.
The Federal Reserve released its large bank requirements for 2023 based on the results from this year's stress test. Most of the banks tested will need to maintain or increase their tier one capital holdings.
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis doubled down on his call for stiffer capital requirements and said master account access decisions should stay with the regional Fed banks.
The report from Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, details China's campaign to infiltrate the Federal Reserve. But even amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, response to the report has been muted.