Looking at. We have not looked into individual transactions with the president. That was one of two reviews that was done in deutsche bank. The mirror trading and high profile of politicians elected officials review. Are you familiar with that . Chairman yellen im mott familiar with the details. Our focus has been on the safety and soundness of the operations of deutschy in the u. S. Ms. Waters i yield back. Chairman hensarling the chealed yields back the gentlelady yields back. The chair now recognizes mr. Barr. Mr. Barr thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairwoman yellen, welcome back. In terms of the plan and in terms of portfolio composition and Balance Sheet normalization, why does your plan contemplate rolling off treasury securities at a faster pace than mortgage bonds . Chairman yellen so, the differences are relatively slight. My expectation is although one cant be certain of what the prepayments of principal will be on Mortgage Backed securities that ultimately our caps on reinvestmen
Okay, thank you at that end, i mentioned that im supportive of the provisions you have include in the recent treasury report. I hope that the Federal Reserve is taking some recommendations seriously. Have you read the report yet or are you aware of it yes, i have read the report and there are many very useful and productive suggestions that mirror things you have been thinking and doing ourselves with respect to tillerian the rate we are always looking for ways to reduce the burdens that are very useful there are a few points where we have a different view, but a lot in it that is very useful. I look forward to working with you on that while our branch of the government is a check on the executive branch and agencies, we want to work with you to try to improve the ability of our banks to be able to do the job of helping our communities grow. Ive worked with the committee in the past. My district has been caught in purgatory for the last five years. The agency has blocked the merger and
We try not to opine on whether theyre correct or theyre not correct. But on, as you asked what the potential spillovers or impacts on Financial Stability could be of asset price revaluations, my assessment of that is that as asset prices have moved up, we have not seen a substantial increase in borrowing based on those asset price movements. We have a Financial System, a Banking System thats well capitalized and strong, and i believe its resilient. Okay. Thank you. Time of the gentle lady has expired. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr mr. Lucamire, chairman of the subcommittee. Thank you, mr. Chairman and thank you, madam chair, for being here today. As chairman of the Financial Institutions subcommittee, my concern is the oversight by the various Financial Services agencies. Chair yellen, when it comes to the feds supervisory role, i renew my call and the call of so many colleagues that the fed take a more measured approach and withhold any new regulation until
Economic condition and possible fed actions in the future. You look like nervous. Im much more nervous, like yeah. Yeah. At work it will be eight or nine days away, but it can happen any time. I hope so. Im better than that. Lets talk about schedules. The committee will come to order without objection and they declare a recess of the committee at any time. All members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous material to the chair for inclusion in the record. The hearing is for the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony and the board of governors on the Federal Reserve system on Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. Since we last convened to take chair yellens on Monetary Policy, headline remains low as does inflation, but the headline Unemployment Rate still rests too much on an incredibly low Labor Participation rate and regrettably high disability payment Participation Rate.
[inaudible conversations] larry metz remarks from treasury secretary jack lew. Hes expected to discuss Lessons Learned in these distinctions on international inc. To tease. Hes speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace did we expect this to start in just a moment life here he spent two. Cspan2. It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning. A special pleasure to welcome my friend and colleague, secretary of the treasury, jack lew. But the open above the market that promise to make the introductions very worried the distinguished career and all of you know what an enormous mark is made on our country. Im not even referring to the idiosyncratic signature on the dollar bill. A handful of people who have served including a series of important jobs that the department is in a common management and budget and not treasury. Only a person of extraordinary conviction, integrity and it is only secretariat jack lew can coop attended this year. During our time tog