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Yellen calls stability council meeting amid banking-sector turmoil

Section: Daily Dispatches

But wasn't the banking system strong just the other day?

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By Christopher Condon
Bloomberg News
Friday, March 24, 2023

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was to convene the heads of top US financial regulators this morning for a previously unscheduled meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

The meeting was to be closed to the public, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury didn't say what time the meeting would begin, and it wasn't immediately clear whether the council would issue a statement following the meeting. ...

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The step comes as regulators continue efforts to instill calm in financial markets and among bank depositors following the recent failure of two mid-sized lenders in the US and the near-collapse of banking giant Credit Suisse Group AG before its government-brokered takeover by rival UBS Group AG.

The FSOC's members include the heads of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and several other regulatory agencies. It has little legal authority but serves as a coordinating forum....

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-24/yellen-calls-friday-fsoc-meeting-after-banking-sector-turmoil

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