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.
During congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he supports changes to the supplemental leverage ratio to make it easier for banks to intermediate the Treasury market.
In his semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the effective shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leaves no federal regulator in charge of policing large banks for consumer protection law compliance.
A stop-work order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly appointed acting director Russell Vought has created uncertainty about the future of consumer-oriented enforcement activity.
The Federal Reserve chair delivers his first semiannual monetary policy report of the 119th Congress, where he is expected to be asked about Fed independence and the economic impacts of Trump administration's policy choices.
Employers added fewer workers than anticipated last month, but upward revisions to previous estimates drove down the jobless rate. The report gives no clear directive to the Federal Reserve, which put rate cuts on hold last month.
The Federal Reserve is no longer exploring the idea of creating a new liability for interbank settlements. Instead, it is looking for ways to improve existing systems.
With the Federal Reserve eyeing changes to its annual examination of large bank resilience, this year's test could be the last of its kind.
The Federal Reserve governor said regulators have stifled the banking system's ability to experiment with emerging technologies.
As the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement program nears zero, pressure could mount on the central bank to slow or stop its asset runoff as it fights inflation.
The senators introduced legislation that would limit the interest rate card issuers are able to charge holders for the next five years.