The OCC has weighed in on the question of physical-commodity activities by national banks and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks, doing so in the absence of long-awaited FRB guidance in this controversial arena and continued Congressional interest in strictly limiting this line of business.  Updating 1993 guidance, the Comptroller now takes a firm stand that sharply constrains holding physical-commodity title.

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