Wall Street banks warn of economic toll


Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser speaks next to Wells Fargo CEO and President Charles W. Scharf, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, State Street CEO Ronald O'Hanley and BNY Mellon CEO Robin Vince during the US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: The top bosses of JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and other major banks warned that capital hikes and other new rules will hurt lending and the economy during a Senate hearing that was otherwise sedate compared with recent years.

The industry has been waging a fierce campaign to kill the “Basel endgame” proposal, which overhauls how banks must calculate their loss-absorbing capital, and as regulators roll out fair lending and fee cap regulations, among other rules.

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