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Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A trio of U.S. banking regulators announced on Friday they were giving the public extra time to digest and provide feedback on a broad proposal to raise bank capital requirements that is already facing fierce industry pushback.The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the comment window for the so-called "Basel...

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the on recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/ Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is developing additional scenarios to probe for weaknesses in large banks as part of its 2024 stress test, its top regulatory official said Thursday.Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said the additional scenarios, which...

LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - With the U.S. economy roaring at a faster pace than China and global politics increasingly hard to fathom, there's a feeling the best bet in town is to stick with U.S. stocks regardless of relative valuations.After another forecast-busting U.S. retail and industrial readings for last month, the Atlanta Federal Reserve's real-time economic growth estimate hit an annualised 5.4%, more than a point higher than China's equivalent.And all against a murkier international backdrop.The Gaza crisis throws yet another geopolitical imponderable into an already crowded and confusing...

NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Shifting views on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy trajectory are roiling the U.S. Treasury market, as investors gauge how close the central bank is to pulling back from its aggressive monetary policy tightening.Benchmark 10-year yields tumbled at the start of the week as investors reacted to the widening conflict in the Middle East and dovish comments from Fed officials, who leaned into the possibility that interest rates may not need to go higher.But yields, which move inversely to bond prices, rebounded on Thursday, following...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Rocketing U.S. government bond yields that have led to a global jump in borrowing costs are raising new risks for economic policymakers hoping to lower inflation without triggering a major crisis.The world's finance officials, who will gather in Morocco next week for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, may disagree over the exact drivers of a global bond rout that now appears to reflect more than guessing how far central bankers will raise interest rates.The cause - whether high government...