Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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A new proposal calls for systemically important transaction clearing firms to update their practices on handling risks related to cyberattacks and climate change.
September 26 -
Two new academic research papers consider what the Fed is trying to communicate and what it means.
September 23 -
For at least several weeks, Federal Reserve officials have been peppering Goldman management with questions and follow-ups in a process that's continuing, people with knowledge of the matter said.
September 16 -
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.
September 12 - AB - Policy & Regulation
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.
September 9 -
A Government Accountability Office report found that regulators scaled back supervisory examinations during the pandemic in part because of banks' technological shortcomings.
September 9 -
The new Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision called for capital requirements that target higher-risk activities and more complex organizations; merger decisions that factor in a deal's impact on accessibility of financial services; and better tests for evaluating banks' preparedness for climate change.
September 7 - AB - Policy & Regulation
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.
September 7 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said Wednesday that there are signs that inflation is easing, but the central bank has no intention of laying off the throttle.
September 7 -
Major foreign banks are just as important to the U.S. financial system as large domestic banks, and ought to be regulated as such.
September 7 -
A shift is underway at the Federal Reserve in how to describe neutral — the interest rate level that neither stimulates nor restrains growth — as it debates how much higher to hike.
September 6 -
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.
August 31 -
The Federal Reserve's balance-sheet unwind is set to ramp up this week, which means the central bank will finally begin unloading the Treasury bills it started amassing almost three years ago.
August 29 -
The bottom 50% of U.S. households, generally those with a net worth of $166,000 or less before the pandemic, are in the strongest relative financial position in a generation, according to the Realtime Inequality tracker.
August 29 -
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.
August 29 -
The Houston banks have set a new deadline of Nov. 1 to finalize their deal, marking yet example of banks' facing a longer-than-expected decision process by the Federal Reserve. CBTX's chief said last month the wait has been "very frustrating."
August 26 -
The crypto industry yearns for clarity on stablecoin regulations, but allowing the central bank to set the rules of the road would stifle innovation.
August 26 -
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will remain aggressive in fighting inflation despite promising economic data.
August 26 -
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.
August 24 -
Directors at two of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional branches favored a 100-basis-point increase in the discount rate in July, minutes of discount-rate meetings show.
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