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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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Looks like this thing is progressing thru the sausage grinder; has even picked up some Democrat support.

 Looks like at least reserve balances ($2.5T 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.

We'll need this if Trump pulls something far out of left-field in order to operate at the "debt ceiling!" starting after this Friday...

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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