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  • change at the Federal Reserve could come with a catch for Wall Street.

  • President Joe Biden has a chance to replace or rehire chair Jay Powell and his top enforcer, Randal Quarles, when their terms air up over the next year.

  • Powell has made himself easy to keep.

  • The same isn't true of quarrels, Pal his favorite full employment and fiscal stimulus in a way that aligns him with Biden.

  • But corals is post as vice chair of supervision is likely up for grabs in October during his tenure the federal back.

  • Some regulations, like the Volcker rule, limiting proprietary trading while he back curbs to share buybacks during the pandemic he also helped ease them in December finds nominees for watchdog positions has already signaled a tougher approach to Wall Street.

  • At the Fed, that could mean Governor Lael Brainard as a replacement for quarrels.

  • She opposed the Volcker roll back and the easing of buyback rules.

  • Absent quarrels, annual stress tests, exams that provide a de facto standard for how much capital a bank must hold are likely to get more stressful.

  • The industry had expected related restrictions.

change at the Federal Reserve could come with a catch for Wall Street.

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