US Treasury stance on CCAR a return to ‘bad old days’

Overhaul would kill test failed by eight banks in past three years

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Neutering the Fed? The recommendation would have the Fed conduct CCAR every two years and prevent it failing a bank on qualitative grounds alone

A recommendation by the US Department of the Treasury to water down the Federal Reserve’s annual stress-testing programme would return bank oversight to the “bad old days” when the supervisor had less power to force banks to improve their risk management, critics warn.

The recommendation – contained in a 148-page report on regulatory reforms to the US financial system sought by President Donald Trump’s administration – would have the Fed conduct its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review

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