Briefs

2026-10-06 Daily brief

6 October 2026: Fed outlines regulatory modernization; US trade deficit widens in August AIAI brief

Fed speech: the Fed, OCC and FDIC updated the community bank leverage ratio to the statutory level of 8 percent, and the Fed eliminated the Novel Activities Supervision Program.

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5 October 2026: Japan and Australia sign finance cooperation memoranda; ECB's Lane speaks on monetary policy diagnostics AIAI brief

Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki and Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers signed a memorandum of cooperation on the Japan-Australia Finance Ministers' Dialogue on 5 October 2026. They then held the first dialogue in Tokyo, exchanging views on macroeconomics and economic security, investment cooperation and international cooperation.

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