Financial Regulation · Regulation
The Fed as Bank Regulator
Beyond interest rates: how the Federal Reserve supervises banks with capital and liquidity rules, stress tests, Dodd-Frank, the lender of last resort, and what the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank failure exposed.
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Prereqs: The Fed & monetary policy; banking basics. Next: The CFTC & derivatives; crypto regulation. Sources: Federal Reserve, *Purposes & Functions* (11th ed.); Dodd-Frank Act (2010); Fed Barr review of SVB (April 2023). Educational, not legal advice.Next: 1. Who regulates whom