Fed’s District Banks Back Tougher Money Market Oversight
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The presidents of all 12 Federal Reserve regional banks backed tougher oversight of some money-market mutual funds to strengthen the financial system, saying one alternative is to replace the fixed $1 share price with a market-based value.
The Fed’s regional bank chiefs said in a joint letter to the Financial Stability Oversight Council that their recommendations focus mainly on prime funds, which are those that can buy corporate debt, because they are subject to the greatest credit risk.