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On January 30, 2017, the US Federal Reserve Board adopted a
final rule amending the capital plan and stress test rules
effective for the 2017 cycle. The final rule removes large and
noncomplex firms, specifically those with total consolidated assets
of at least $50 billion but less than $250 billion, nonbank assets
of less than $75 billion, and that are not deemed, pursuant to the
Federal Reserve's Regulation Q, to be US global systemically
important banks, from the qualitative assessment of the Federal
Reserve's Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, thereby
significantly reducing the burden on such firms. Accordingly, the
qualitative review in CCAR is now focused on the 13 largest, most
complex financial institutions.
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