Washington, D.C. — Today, Governor Bowman and Treasury Secretary Bessent (in prepared remarks) began the important process of reassessing and reforming bank liquidity requirements to ensure that they not only safeguard our nation’s banks but also allow those banks to make more loans to businesses and households. Proper calibration of liquidity regulations will allow banks to deploy their excess liquidity to better support economic growth rather than government growth.
To learn more, access our resources below:
- 5 Takeaways from Bill Nelson’s Testimony on the Fed’s Balance Sheet
- Unlocking the Discount Window
- The Ongoing Distortion of the Internal Liquidity Stress Test
- The Upside-Down World of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Some Unpleasant Arithmetic
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