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Fed policy may disproportionally affect largest banks – study

More leveraged US lenders experience sharper stock declines following rate hikes, Fed paper finds

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Monetary policy shocks could have a disproportionate impact on systemically important banks, say researchers with the Federal Reserve Board. 

The study, published on August 4, says large, more leveraged banks, and those that rely on wholesale funding and uninsured deposits, have sharper stock price declines than smaller lenders following steep hikes in the federal funds rate. 

The authors – Paige Ehresmann, Juan Morelli and Jessie Jiaxu Wang – say severe tightening of monetary policy results in

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