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E-News 7-7-23 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOMC Members Pause Rate Hike Campaign to Assess Economic Effects Against a backdrop of tightening credit conditions and higher interest rates expected to continue weighing on the economy, Federal Open Market Committee members decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-5.25%, according to minutes from the committee's June meeting. Participants acknowledged that a pause in rate hikes would provide time to assess the economy’s progress toward the committee’s goals of maximum employment and price stability. FOMC members continued to...
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E-News 6-30-23 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Fed Stress Tests Show Large Banks Can Weather Severe Recession The Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that large banks are well positioned to weather a severe recession and continue to lend to households and businesses even during an economic downturn, according to the results of Dodd-Frank Act-mandated stress tests. According to the Fed, all 23 banks above $100 billion in assets tested remained above their minimum capital requirements during the hypothetical recession, despite total projected losses of $541 billion. Under stress, the aggregate common...
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E-News 6-23-23 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Senate Bill Would Toughen Compensation Clawback Rules for Failed Banks Senate Banking Committee leaders last week introduced a bipartisan bill that would strengthen actions regulators could take to claw back compensation from executives at banks with more than $10 billion in assets whose mismanagement – ranging from “grossly negligent, reckless or willful conduct” to not implementing proper controls – contributed to the institution’s failure. The bill by Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Ranking Member Tim Scott, R-S.C., is separate from a much broader...
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E-News 6-16-23 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Interim Study Committee Topics Announced The Indiana General Assembly's Legislative Council met Tuesday to assign topics for lawmakers to study during the 2023 legislative interim. The Legislative Council is comprised of eight members of the Indiana Senate and eight members of the Indiana House of Representatives. This year, Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, serves as chair, and House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, serves as vice chair.  Bray said the State and Local Tax Review Task Force should be of particular interest to all...
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