The Supervision, Credit and Learning division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is pleased to announce the fourth annual Women in Banking Symposium, held in person at the St. Louis Fed from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
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The Federal Reserve has developed a Resource on Frontier AI and Cybersecurity document. This is a voluntary resource providing a non-exclusive compilation of publicly available content on websites external to the Federal Reserve for convenience and informational purposes only. The resources included in the document may be helpful to institutions as they manage the opportunities and risks of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity.
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As of Sept. 30, 2025, U.S. banks have reversed a nine-quarter decline in unfunded commercial real estate (CRE) commitments with a second quarter of growth. Unfunded commitments represent the off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to the remaining dollar amount borrowers can borrow under a loan agreement that is expected to be funded in the future. For example, a borrower has a commercial construction loan agreement allowing them to borrow up to $1 million with a current borrowed balance of $200,000; the remaining $800,000 would represent the unfunded commitment.
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The behavior of depositors, the consequences of bank failures and the evolution of small business lending were the three key themes of the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference, held Oct. 7-8 at the St. Louis Fed. The annual conference—sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)—spotlights emerging research on issues important to the community banking industry and features keynote addresses by leading community bankers and regulators. More than 1,300 academics, bankers and regulators participated in person or virtually.
Read More about Community Banking Conference Spotlights Research on Bank FailuresIn the latest edition of Take Five with the St. Louis Fed, Senior Business Economist Kathleen Navin discusses Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) September 17, 2025 policy statement, inflation, and her views on the economy.
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