Following the 2008 financial crisis, a major process of regulatory reform of the banking industry took place
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While the regulatory reforms have significantly improved prudential banking supervision and made the system safer, they have already had a major impact on the regulatory burden for banks. Some people doubt if we really want banks to hold enough capital to survive crises that have no US historical precedent. Even if such an extreme economic crisis did occur, would any amount of capital be enough to withstand the panic it could trigger? Some people claim that the Fed's stress tests use adverse scenarios that are extreme to the point of incredulity. For example, the latest stress test assumes an increase of the unemployment rate from 4.1 to 10 percent over seven quarters. That has not happened in the 70 years since today's measure for unemployment was adopted. There is also empirical evidence that higher bank capital requirements cut lending and economic growth. Thus, some people advocate that regulators should ease regulation to free up lenders to provide more credit and boost the economy. So, the question is, should the regulators ease their regulation on banks?
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