Bank-Relief Bill winding thru Congress

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Looks like this thing is progressing thru the sausage grinder; has even picked up some Democrat support. Looks like at least reserve balances (.5T system wide) will be removed from capital requirements; from the summary: Section 402. Supplementary Leverage Ratio for Custodial Banks.  This section requires the Federal banking agencies to amend the supplementary leverage ratio final rule (SLR) to specify that funds of a custodial bank that are deposited with a central bank will not be taken into account when calculating the SLR, subject to limitations. Bipartisan bank-relief bill wins approval from key Senate panel https://t.co/ahy6c2HKVs pic.twitter.com/Ep8M9EOlyK — Bloomberg (@business) December 5, 2017 We'll need this if Trump pulls something far out of left-field in order to

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