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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that underwriting standards have eased thanks to an increased appetite for credit risk, increased competition and an overall perception of improved economic circumstances. Commercial real estate (CRE) loans, however, continued to strengthen.

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Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, is expected to take a hard stance on cryptocurrencies, calling digital currency a “particular concern” that is used “mainly for illicit financing,” Arstechnica and other news outlets reported on Thursday (Jan. These are very real risks.”.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

But there are so many tools at your disposal, and let alone how much duration you’re taking, how much interest, how much credit risk you’re taking, illiquidity, et cetera. And how do you make the decision, I’m not comfortable with this credit risk relative to the return it’s going to throw off?

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Transcript: Gregory Peters, Co-CIO of PGIM Fixed Income

Barry Ritholtz

So let’s talk a little bit about your experience at the US Treasury Department. 00:03:16 [Barry Ritholtz] So when we look at US treasuries, right, that they’re about 40% of the Bloomberg Barclays Ag, the largest set of holdings by far. One is that kind of broad kind of macro credit risk.