Basel Blowback Escalates -- With Even Some Democrats Piling on
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Jockeying over the Basel endgame continued today as more opposition flowed into the bank regulators and Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, a leading critic, called for “substantive changes” to the capital plan. Still, she indicated there is room to compromise.
Speaking at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event, Bowman emphasized that “policy involves tradeoffs” and…