The Fed is thinking about making big changes to how it tests America's largest banks
Thomson Reuters
In prepared testimony for a House of Representatives Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Yellen said the Fed is "now considering making several changes to our stress testing methodology and process."
"The existing capital conservation buffer would be replaced with a risk-sensitive, firm-specific buffer that is sized based on stress test results," she also said.
For the eight U.S. banks that are large and considered important to the global financial system the new buffer calculation "would result in a significant aggregate increase in capital requirements," Yellen said.
Yellen also said that the financial condition of the biggest banks have "strengthened considerably" since the financial crisis.
"Our examinations have found large and regional banks to be well capitalized," Yellen said.
"Both large and regional banking organizations have shown improved profitability since the depths of the financial crisis, although these banks have also faced challenges in recent years because of weak growth in interest and non-interest income."
Yellen did not comment on the outlook for the economy or monetary policy in her prepared remarks.
(Reuters editing by Andrea Ricci)
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