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• 8/29/2023

The U.S. banking system is sound and resilient, with strong capital and liquidity, according to the latest report on bank supervision and regulation released in May by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Nevertheless, bank supervisors are actively monitoring risks associated with credit, liquidity and interest rates. These risks have risen in 2023 because of prevailing economic conditions and uncertainty about the future path of the economy.

• 7/6/2023

A variety of factors—rising interest rates, persistent inflation, concerns about a potential recession and pandemic-related changes in where people work—have prompted concerns about the health of commercial real estate (CRE) properties and the bank loans that support them. Supervisors and economists at the Federal Reserve actively monitor CRE market conditions and the CRE loan portfolios of the banks it supervises.

• 4/11/2023

On March 12, the Federal Reserve launched the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), a lending program for eligible depository institutions—banks, savings banks and credit unions—experiencing liquidity issues. The goals of the BTFP are to bolster institutions’ capacity to safeguard deposits and ensure the ongoing provision of credit to communities and the broader economy.

• 2/9/2023

Rising interest rates have prompted both challenges and opportunities for banks over the past year. Bank supervisors are, understandably, urging bankers to pay close attention to a myriad of ways changing interest rates can affect earnings and capital, or what’s termed interest rate risk.

• 12/13/2022

After a two-year COVID-19 pandemic pause on in-person participation, this year’s Community Banking Research Conference returned to the St. Louis Fed in September. The annual conference—sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), and hosted by the St. Louis Fed—spotlights emerging research on issues important to the community banking industry and features keynotes by leading community bankers and regulators.