Fed’s Barr Warns Bank Deregulation Threatens Financial Stability

Recent moves by the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators to weaken regulation and supervision of banks threaten to undermine the safety and soundness of the financial institutions and increase financial stability risks, Federal Reserve Gov. Speaking Saturday (June 6) at American University in Washington, D.C., Barr pointed to what he described as decreases in capital requirements, lighter-touch bank supervision, a potential push for lower liquidi