The United States’ most powerful financial regulators gathered on March 24 by video conference for an unscheduled, closed meeting of the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), the department announced in a statement. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen convened the meeting.
Details were sparse in the Treasury statement, but it said Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff gave a presentation on market developments. The gist of the presentation was reassuring:
“The Council discussed current conditions in the banking sector and noted that while some institutions have come under stress, the U.S. banking system remains sound and resilient.”
In addition, the council discussed member agencies’ efforts to monitor financial developments.
The functions of the FSOC under the law are “identifying risks to the financial stability of the United States; promoting market discipline; and responding to emerging threats to the stability of the U.S. financial system.”
Markets have reacted sharply to practically every word she and meeting attendee Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell have uttered publicly as concern about the American banking crisis spread.
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