Fed Speech · Bowman

What the statement says

Neutral: Bowman's speech focuses on regulatory modernization, with no reference to monetary policy or interest rate path

• Defines regulatory modernization as ensuring the framework 'functions effectively and efficiently, preserves financial stability and bank safety and soundness, and promotes sustainable economic growth', guided by four principles: prioritizing material financial risks, tailoring regulation to institutions' risk profiles, enhancing transparency and accountability, and being forward-looking on emerging risks (e.g., AI)
• Cites SVB’s failure to illustrate that supervisors 'failed to sufficiently identify, understand, and act upon the material risks that ultimately contributed to the bank's failure', stressing that 'more findings do not equal better supervision' and calling for a shift to 'targeted, risk-based oversight'
• The Fed’s 2026 Basel III capital proposal embodies modernization: evaluating each requirement on its merits—not from a predetermined aggregate capital target—simplifying large-bank requirements, recalibrating the G-SIB surcharge to better reflect systemic risk, and committing to index the G-SIB surcharge to nominal economic growth
• The Federal Reserve published its first-ever Supervisory Operating Principles, centering on 'early detection and mitigation of material risks', requiring examination findings to focus only on issues impacting safety and soundness, with less severe matters designated as 'supervisory observations'
• Under an FSB SRC workstream, the U.S. co-published the 'Sound Practices for Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Consultation Report', explicitly rejecting 'one-size-fits-all requirements' in favor of adaptable, practical guidance—and is seeking public comment on it through July 22, 2026

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