Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Financial Services
Waters and Green Complete Investigation of; Release Report on Meme Stock Market Event Leading up to the Trading Frenzy
June 24, 2022
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Al Green (D-TX), Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, released a Majority staff report entitled, “Game Stopped: How the Meme Stock Market Event Exposed Troubling Business Practices, Inadequate Risk Management, and the Need for Regulatory and Legislative Reform.”
Federal Agencies
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York Fed to Release Next Economic Inequality Research Series on Inflation, Employment, and Equitable Growth
June 24, 2022
On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will release a two-part research series on its Liberty Street Economics blog exploring heterogeneity across different demographic groups related to the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability.
Blog Post: How Could Oil Price and Policy Rate Hikes Affect the Near-Term Inflation Outlook?
June 24, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, “How Could Oil Price and Policy Rate Hikes Affect the Near-Term Inflation Outlook?”
Bank Policy Institute
Bank, Credit Union and Consumer Groups Support Committee Vote to Close the Industrial Loan Company Loophole
June 23, 2022
Americans for Financial Reform, Bank Policy Institute, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, Credit Union National Association, Independent Community Bankers of America, Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, National Consumer Law Center and U.S. PIRG issued a statement in support of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services’ vote to send the “Close the ILC Loophole Act” (H.R. 5912) now heads to the floor for consideration by the entire legislative body.
BPI Statement on the Federal Reserve’s Release of the 2022 Stress Test Results
June 23, 2022
Bank Policy Institute Executive Vice President and Head of Research Francisco Covas issued a response to the Federal Reserve’s release of the 2022 stress test results.
BPI Statement on Rep. McHenry’s Draft Bill on Privacy and Financial Institutions
June 24, 2022
Bank Policy Institute Head of Government Affairs Ed Hill issued a statement on a draft privacy bill released today by House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC).
State Agencies
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: California Consumer Financial Protection Law: Commercial Financial Products and Services
June 24, 2022
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has filed a Notice of Proposed Action with the Office of Administrative Law and invites public comments on this proposed rulemaking under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law.
International
European Commission
NextGenerationEU: European Commission to issue €50 billion of bonds in the second half of 2022 to finance the recovery
June 24, 2022
The European Commission has announced its plans to issue €50 billion of EU-Bonds to finance the NextGenerationEU recovery programme between July and December 2022, to be complemented by short-term funding (EU-Bills).
European Banking Authority
EBA replies to European Commission’s call for advice on the Mortgage Credit Directive review
June 24, 2022
The European Banking Authority published today an Opinion and Report in response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice on the review of the Mortgage Credit Directive.
Bank of England
Paper: Collateral requirements in central bank lending
June 24, 2022
The Bank of England published a staff working paper entitled, “Collateral requirements in central bank lending.”
Speech: What did the monetarists ever do for us?
June 24, 2022
Bank of England Chief Economist and Executive Director Hew Pill gave a speech entitled, “What did the monetarists ever do for us?”
Administration Changes
Vacancies
Federal Reserve Board
- Vice Chair for Supervision – Michael S. Barr nominated April 15, 2022 (Nomination Hearing held on May 19, 2022; committee approval on June 8, 2022; pending full Senate vote.)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Chair – Vacant (Martin Gruenberg serves as Acting Chair)
- Vice Chairman – Vacant
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Comptroller – Vacant (Michael Hsu serves as Acting Comptroller)
Appointments/Confirmation Hearings
U.S. Department of the Treasury – Janet Yellen (effective January 26, 2021)
Federal Reserve Board – Jerome H. Powell (effective May 23, 2022)
- Vice Chair Lael Brainard (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Phillip N Jefferson (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Lisa D. Cook (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Statement by Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell on his nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Governor Lael Brainard on her nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021) (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Statement on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Secretary Walsh on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Statement on the Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Toomey Statement on Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nomination of Governor Lael Brainard for Vice Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nominees for Fed Board (January 14, 2022)
- Toomey Statement on President Biden’s Fed Nominees (January 14, 2022)
- Waters Applauds Nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook, and Philip Jefferson to Leadership Roles in the Federal Reserve (January 14, 2022)
- Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Federal Reserve Nominations (January 14, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Jerome H. Powell sworn in for second term as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lael Brainard sworn in as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lisa D. Cook sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Philip N. Jefferson sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – John C. Williams (effective June 18, 2018)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Martin Gruenberg (Acting Chair, appointed February 5, 2022)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Rohit Chopra (effective October 12, 2021)
Securities and Exchange Commission – Gary Gensler (effective April 17, 2021)
Small Business Administration – Isabella Casillas Guzman (effective March 16, 2021)
Commodity Futures Trade Commission – Rostin Behnam (effective December 17, 2021)
- Kristin Johnson, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- Christy Goldsmith Romero, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- U.S. Senate Unanimously Confirms Behnam as Chairman (December 17, 2021)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Announces Executive Staff Appointments (January 20, 2022)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Appoints Initial CFTC Leadership (January 25, 2022)
- Statement of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam on the U.S. Senate Confirmations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham (March 29, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Initial Staff Appointments (April 22, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Goldsmith Romero Announces Staff Appointments (April 27, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Additional Staff Appointments (May 13, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Mersinger Announces Staff Appointments (May 16, 2022)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
National Credit Union Administration – Todd M. Harper
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia Fudge (effective March 10, 2021)
Federal Housing Finance Agency – Sandra L. Thompson, (confirmed May 25, 2022)
U.S. Department of Education – Dr. Miguel Cardona (effective March 2, 2021)
PH Client Alerts
Click here to read more from our Coronavirus series.
Legislation/Legislative Updates
Click here to view the full text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Enacted March 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, Enacted April 24, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, Enacted June 5, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Enacted December 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, Enacted March 11, 2021.
Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act of 2021, Enacted March 30, 2021.
Click here to view a running list of proposed legislation from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, House Committee on Financial Services, and House Committee on Small Business.
link
More Stories
Why European banks can better withstand interest rate risks than their US peers
Stock and Share Market News, Economy and Finance News, Sensex, Nifty, Global Market, NSE, BSE Live IPO News
Red Sea crisis: Trade volumes to be adversely impacted in new fiscal; Asia, Africa and Europe to face most disruption, says GTRI – Economy News