Joseph Wang on Whether SLR Reform can Strengthen the Treasury Market
Update: 2025-05-29
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The Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) was designed to
increase banking sector resiliency after the Global Financial Crisis. Some have argued the SLR reduces Treasury market liquidity because the ratio is risk insensitive. Fed officials like Jerome Powell and Michelle Bowman have supported SLR reform, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes changes to the SLR could push Treasury yields down 30-70bp. In this episode, we talk with Joseph Wang, Principal at Monetary Macro and former trader on the Fed’s open markets desk, about the motivation behind the SLR, how it limits banks’ balance sheet flexibility, and whether reforms would help improve liquidity in the Treasury market.
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