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Fed Should Halt Work on New Bank Regulations, Top Democrat Says

By Jesse Hamilton
October 13, 2021, Bloomberg

The Federal Reserve should stop working on Wall Street banking regulations until President Joe Biden installs new leaders at the central bank, said …

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Fed’s Bank Cop Loses Top Role as Leadership Shakeup Looms

By Victoria Guida
October 12, 2021, Politico

The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that Randal Quarles will no longer be in charge of regulating the country’s financial system after his vice …

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Fed’s Brainard Says Banks Likely to Need Direction From Regulators on Managing Climate Risks

By Nick Timiraos
October 7, 2021, The Wall Street Journal

A top Federal Reserve official said financial regulators should direct the nation’s biggest banks to take new steps to manage …

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SEC Chair Gensler: a Ban on Crypto Would Be ‘Up to Congress’

By Cheyenne Ligon
October 5, 2021, CoinDesk

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler told Congress on Tuesday that the SEC has no plans to ban crypto.

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Fed Prepares to Launch Review of Possible Central Bank Digital Currency

By Andrew Ackerman
October 4, 2021, The Wall Street Journal

The Federal Reserve plans as early as this week to launch a review of the potential benefits and risks of …

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Government Watchdog Launches Probe Into Trading by Fed Officials

By Colby Smith
October 4, 2021, Financial Times

An independent government watchdog with oversight of the Federal Reserve has initiated a review into whether trading conducted last year by top …

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How the Fed Can Improve Any Future Municipal Lending Facility

By Connor Hussey
September 30, 2021, The Bond Buyer

Any future Federal Reserve programs aimed at backstopping the municipal market need significant changes from the now-defunct Municipal Liquidity Facility, according …

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Biden Administration Seeks to Regulate Stablecoin Issuers as Banks

By Andrew Ackerman and AnnaMaria Andriotis
October 1, 2021, The Wall Street Journal

The Biden administration is considering ways to impose bank-like regulation on the cryptocurrency companies that issue stablecoins, …

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Fed’s Powell Warns Inflationary Supply Chain Snags May Persist

By Martin Arnold and Colby Smith
September 29, 2021, Financial Times

Four of the world’s leading central bankers have warned supply bottlenecks are likely to last longer than expected and …

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Debt Limit Standoff Could Force Fed to Revisit Emergency Playbook

By Nick Timiraos
September 26, 2021, The Wall Street Journal

A crisis-management playbook Federal Reserve officials created years ago could guide their response this fall if the federal government can’t …