Washington, D.C. — Francisco Covas, BPI executive vice president and head of research, issued the following statement today in response to remarks by Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr on bank capital requirements:
We commend Vice Chair Barr for his thoughtful approach, but we worry he is overly focused on the cost of calibrating capital requirements too low, as he makes little to no mention of the costs of calibrating capital requirements too high. Further increasing bank capital requirements will reduce U.S. economic growth, further diminish capital markets liquidity, push more activity into the unregulated shadow banking sector and further disincentivize bank lending to small businesses and low- to moderate-income households.
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