Barr Defends Capital Proposals in Recent Speech

Published on October 13, 2023

In a speech on September 9, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr addressed concerns surrounding the recently proposed Basel III capital regulations. Barr emphasized that these regulations are critical to completing the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and provide banking sector stability by further standardizing capital charges for credit and operational risk.

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