The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Board's Vice Chair Travis Hill urged his fellow regulators Thursday to delay implementing new banking regulations until interest rates stabilize, saying rushed rules amid precarious economic conditions could impact consumer lending.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said today's high mortgage rates are dissuading some would-be sellers from putting their homes on the market, further limiting lending opportunities in an environment already constrained by low inventory

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, continued to say that the Basel III rulemaking might have violated the Administrative Procedures Act

The SEC could crimp effective investor communications, while IOSCO seeks feedback on 12 proposed "good practices" when operating in the leveraged loan and CLO markets.

Change can continue to originate loans through at least early December, after the U.S. Treasury Department agreed to extend a deadline to oppose the order.

A joint letter from the banking and financial trade groups is the latest effort by the industry and its representatives in Washington to push back against the Basel III capital proposals, which would raise capital significantly for the largest banks.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acknowledges in a new report that it didn't adequately monitor First Republic Bank's uninsured deposits, interest rate risk sensitivity and rapid growth — and as a result left the bank vulnerable to contagion.

The World Bank director and former top Labor Department economist will become the first Fed governor of Hispanic descent and will give the board a full compliment of members since former vice chair Lael Brainard resigned in February.

Philip Jefferson was the Biden administration's pick for the Fed's number two position following the departure of Lael Brainard earlier this year. Two more Fed nominees are expected to get confirmation votes this week.

The FDIC is launching joint ventures to market $33 billion of commercial real estate loans from the failed Signature Bank, prioritizing its statutory obligation to preserve low-income housing availability.