SLR relief for Treasuries would lift median banks’ ratio by 57bp
Charles Schwab and Goldman Sachs set for biggest boost if Covid-era relief returns
Exempting US Treasuries from the supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) would reduce leverage exposures by $1.96 trillion across US banks and boost the median SLR by 57 basis points, with Charles Schwab set to benefit the most from the change.
Reintroducing the pandemic-era relief for Treasuries has regained attention after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell and governor Michelle Bowman expressed
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