Bill Dudley: Exclude Reserves, Not Treasuries, From SLR

Bill Dudley: Exclude Reserves, Not Treasuries, From SLR

By Sharon Thiruchelvam
April 1, 2021, Risk

Exempting US Treasuries from the leverage ratio is not necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the Treasury market, according to William Dudley, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Conversely, regulators should permanently exempt reserves that banks hold at the Fed from the supplementary leverage ratio (SLR), Dudley tells Risk.net. He does, however, consider a host of other reforms – such as establishing a standing repo facility and changing the way a capital add-on for the largest banks is calculated – as more important for the Treasuries market than exempting government bonds from the SLR.

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