Fed stress tests confirm banks could continue lending during a ‘severe recession’
Large banks continued to maintain strong capital levels under a hypothetical severe global recession and substantial stress in commercial real ...
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Barr: Fed’s authority ‘Narrow, limited’ regarding transition to low-carbon economy
Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, Michael Barr—President Biden’s nominee to serve as Federal Reserve vice chairman for supervision—said that ...
Federal Reserve Issues 2022 Stress Test Scenarios
The Federal Reserve today released the hypothetical economic and financial market scenarios that it will use in the next round ...
Brainard: Fed Will Not Tell Banks to Restrict Lending to Oil and Gas Firms
With regulatory scrutiny of climate change-related risks growing, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard promised today that the Fed’s climate risk ...
Fed Announces Individual Capital Requirements for Large Banks
The Federal Reserve today announced individual capital requirements for banks with more than $100 billion in total consolidated assets. The ...
Consumers Remain Resilient as the Economy Rebounds
While delinquency rates and other indicators of consumer financial stress may rise as COVID-19 support programs are phased out, most ...
Fed: Banks Continue to Have ‘Strong Capital Levels’ in 2021 Stress Test
Large banks continued to maintain strong capital levels under a hypothetical severe global recession and substantial stress in commercial real ...
Quarles: COVID-19 Proved Forward-Looking Capital Framework ‘Works Effectively’
Given the strong performance of banks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, regulators should not need to employ ...
Schatz, Casten Introduce Climate Risk Stress Testing Bill
Sen. Brian Schatz (D- Hawaii) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) introduced legislation today that would direct the Federal Reserve to ...
Brainard: Banks’ COVID-19 Resilience Shows Importance of Strong Capital, Liquidity Buffers
In remarks at a virtual industry event today, Fed Governor Lael Brainard commented on the strong performance of the banking ...
