The Institutional Risk Analyst

The Basel III proposal reflects a view of financial risks facing US banks that is decades out of date and ignores market risk

Given that the US Treasury is paying 4% for 90-day T-bills, you can see how far banks have to go to become competitive on rates

We liked the NYCB + Flagstar story prior to the transaction with the FDIC for the assets and deposits of Signature Bank.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell are another bank failure or two away from returning to the private sector.

By any reasonable standard, Janet Yellen should have already resigned, but not in the strange world of Washington.

Last week not a single member of the Big Media managed to ask Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about the state of the US banking system