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Remarks at the New York Bankers Association Hudson Valley Regional Meeting

Remarks at the NYBA Hudson Valley Regional Meeting, Kingston, New York.
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Journal Article
The Implications of Unrealized Losses for Banks

nterest rates have risen across the yield curve since the Federal Open Market Committee began tightening monetary policy in March 2022. After amassing securities during the pandemic, commercial banks saw rising interest rates erode the value of their securities portfolios by nearly $600 billion, or about 30 percent of their capital holdings. In some cases, declines in valuation of securities holdings in response to interest rate changes—known as “unrealized losses”—can mechanically reduce key regulatory capital and liquidity ratios. Should banks need to sell the securities to generate ...
Economic Review , Volume vol. 108 , Issue no. 2 , Pages 20

Working Paper
THE IMPACTS OF FINANCIAL REGULATIONS: SOLVENCY AND LIQUIDITY IN THE POST-CRISIS PERIOD

This paper discusses the new financial regulations in the post?financial crisis period, focusing on capital and liquidity regulations. Basel III and the capital stress tests introduced new requirements and new definitions while retaining the structure of the pre-2010 requirements. The total number of requirements increased, making it difficult to determine which constraints are binding. We find that the new common equity tier 1 (CET1) and Level 1 high-quality liquid assets (HQLAs) are the binding constraints at large U.S. banks, especially for banks that are active in capital markets ...
Working Papers , Paper 17-10

Discussion Paper
Reallocating Liquidity to Resolve a Crisis

Shortly after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March 2023, a consortium of eleven large U.S. financial institutions deposited $30 billion into First Republic Bank to bolster its liquidity and assuage panic among uninsured depositors. In the end, however, First Republic Bank did not survive, raising the question of whether a reallocation of liquidity among financial institutions can ever reduce the need for central bank balance sheet expansion in the fight against bank runs. We explore this question in this post, based on a recent working paper.
Liberty Street Economics , Paper 20240812

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