On March 6, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) convened by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a proposal for New York State legislation that is intended to reduce...more
On Feb. 6, the Federal Reserve Board released the hypothetical scenarios for the 2020 stress test exercises, which ensure that large banks have adequate capital and processes to continue lending to households and businesses...more
On Jan. 31, 2020, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, and together with the...more
On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...more
11/20/2019
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Investors that own large stakes in a bank can trigger the Federal Reserve’s oversight if they have “controlling influence” over the bank. ...more
6/4/2019
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Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman Jerome H. Powell, in remarks made yesterday in Amelia Island, Florida, at the 24th Annual Financial Markets Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, stated that...more
On May 6, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) published its annual Financial Stability Report....more
5/10/2019
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On Feb. 27, 2019, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, was asked by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY, 5th District) whether the Federal Reserve “believes...more
On Jan. 25, 2019, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC, and together with...more