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Federal Reserve Board and FDIC Release Reports on Signature Bank Findings
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) on Friday published the results from their review of the supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank, led by Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S....
Fed Keeps May Interest-Rate Increase on Table Despite Expected Recession
Officials thought regulators had soothed banking turmoil enough to justify a quarter-point rate increase, meeting minutes show. Courtesy of By Nick Timiraos, Wall Street Journal Stubbornly high inflation and tight...
Fed Actions on LIBOR
Federal Reserve Board adopts final rule that implements Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act by identifying benchmark rates based on SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) that will replace LIBOR in certain...
Agencies Announce Dollar Thresholds in Regulation Z and Regulation M for Exempt Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
October 13, 2022 — The Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced the dollar thresholds used to determine whether certain consumer credit and lease transactions in 2023...
Avoiding the Next Financial Crisis: How Does Collateral Quality Affect ‘Repo’ Loan Risk?
Research by Boston Fed economist finds borrowers and lenders incentivized to take more risk September 15, 2022 — In 2010, researcher Mattia Landoni obtained access to data on thousands of...
Survey of Consumer Expectations: Inflation Expectations Continue Decline at the Short- Medium-, and Long-Term Horizons
September 12, 2022 — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the August 2022 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations continued...
Fed’s Top Banking Regulator Signals Tougher Merger Reviews
Federal Reserve’s Michael Barr highlights priorities in initial public remarks Sept. 7, 2022—The Federal Reserve’s new regulatory chief said Wednesday that the central bank is considering how to more-closely scrutinize...
Federal Reserve Officials Warn Entrenched Inflation Poses ‘Significant Risk’
sCourtesy of Colby Smith, Financial Times Minutes from June meeting suggest even tighter monetary policy may be needed from US central bank. Top Federal Reserve officials think entrenched inflation is...