US Plans to Ease Bank Capital Rules on Treasury Trades
The top US bank regulators plan to reduce a key capital buffer for the biggest lenders by up to 1.5 percentage points following concerns that it constrained their trading in the $29 trillion Treasuries market. The Fed said on Tuesday that it plans to meet on June 25 to discuss the plan. Katanga Johnson reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
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