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.
Small and midsize banks flooded the Federal Home Loan Bank System with demands for liquidity to avert potential bank runs and stave off taking unrealized losses on investment portfolios just as the Federal Reserve opened a liquidity facility for just that reason.
The Federal Reserve's top regulator will examine what steps the central bank took to mitigate risks at the bank before its failure last week.
The Treasury Department issued a "systemic risk exception" allowing it to cover uninsured deposits at SVB and Signature Bank, which New York State closed on Sunday.
A $13.5 billion advance to Silicon Valley Bank months before its collapse is another sign that the Home Loan banks encourage risk-taking that can burden the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or even the system itself, critics say.
The voluntary liquidation of one of the most crypto-friendly banks has sent ripples through political and policy circles, but the concrete effects and lessons to be learned may take time to untangle.
In his first dedicated remarks on cryptocurrencies, the Federal Reserve's top regulator said the central bank is well positioned to mitigate risks to the banking system.
During his second day of congressional testimony this week, the Federal Reserve chair faced several questions about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's embattled funding mechanism.
Testifying in front of the Senate Banking Committee, the Federal Reserve Chair said financial stability and market function will both be considered as part of its review of bank capital requirements.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr is set to give his first dedicated remarks on cryptocurrencies this week, and observers are looking for concrete examples of what regulators are going to do next in the volatile sector.
In a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee urge the central bank to be mindful of tailoring rules in its ongoing "holistic" capital review.