That’s Different
As we noted in our in-depth reports last week, Congressional hearings with top bank supervisors are always eventful, but rarely game-changers. This proved to be the case when FRB Vice Chair Barr, Acting Comptroller Hsu, and FDIC Chair Gruenberg came before Senate Banking (see Client Report REFORM229) and HFSC (see Client Report REFORM230). One surprising takeaway affects policy and the other is political, but each has the potential to change the end-game landscape as well as that of the Biden Administration’s financial rulemaking for the rest of the President’s term.