#GAO Report, BANK REGULATION #PreliminaryReview of #AgencyActions Related to March 2023 #BankFailures https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106736.pdf #SVB #FinancialStability #FinancialSystem #RegulatoryStandards #regulatoryfailures #banking #FederalReserve
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#RegulatoryStandards for #SVB were too low, the #supervision of S.V.B. did not work with sufficient force and urgency, and #contagion from the firm’s failure posed #systemic consequences not contemplated by the Federal Reserve’s tailoring framework,” Mr. #Barr wrote in a letter accompanying the report."
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#RegulatoryStandards for #SVB were too low, the supervision of SVB did not work w/sufficient force & urgency, & contagion from the firm’s failure posed systemic consequences not contemplated by the #FederalReserve’s tailoring framework," #Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr wrote, referring to 2018 & 2019 moves….
Barr’s investigation pointed to 4 main culprits, w/blame spanning from the bank’s reckless execs to #Congress’s push to weaken #oversight of the #banking system.
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