Bank stocks fall after Federal Reserve Board lets SLR temporary rule expire
The Federal Reserve Board allows the temporary change to its supplementary leverage ratio rule, or SLR, for the largest banksto expireas scheduled at the end of the month.The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF falls 1.3% in early trading.The temporary rule, that allowed banks to exempt Treasurys and deposits at the Fed from the SLR, was implemented as an emergency measure to give the financial institutions flexibility to provide credit to households and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Whi