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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

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Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 The average merger review time at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) declined between 2016 and 2018, too, reports in The Wall Street Journal said.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

In fact, I was going to be a strategist, financial analyst to work for a bank and write research reports. RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. And they took two of us, and I’m not sure how I made it through the strainer. He helps to oversee $2.5 trillion in various investments.

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Trump Admin Allows Faster Fed, OCC Bank Merger Approvals

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According to The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), the Federal Reserve revealed that the average merger review time — with opposition from community groups — fell to 3.8 At the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the average time decreased to 1.9 months in the first half of 2018 from 5.6 months in 2018 from 2.6